Stop sign erected at hazardous Blackstone corner
A shiny red stop sign was placed on the southeast corner of Blackstone on Thursday after months of neighbors and Stir Ward Alderman Leon M. Despres pressing for safety. The Herald noted a June 23 auto crash at the corner with photos.
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Blackstone
Herald
Stir Ward
Leon M. Despres
E. Séth
Nancy Hays
City approves land sales for low cost Hyde Park housing
Five public housing sites in Hyde Park Kenwood and a high density site at 54th and Cottage Grove were approved for sale to the Chicago Housing Authority and City Missionary Society. CHA will build 40 family and elderly units while HR 3 yields 235 moderate income units including a ten story building and 27 townhouses with rents from 90 to 155 dollars.
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Hyde Park-Kenwood
54Th
Cottage Grove
Chicago Housing Authority
City Missionary Society
Department of Urban Renewal
CHA
Wong and Hannaford
Blackstone
5100
Woodlawn
55Th
Dorchester
James Twomey
The
Missionary Society
Federal Housing Authority
City officials meet Hyde Park groups on Outer Drive plans
Residents and representatives from Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference South Shore Commission and South East Chicago Commission met July 8 with city officials to discuss a proposed Outer Drive Jackson Park upgrade. Sasaki’s alternate one way Cornell Drive and limited interchange were debated against the city plan to widen Cornell to six lanes and rebuild the south end of the drive. Over $1 million in park improvements are planned with Outer Drive construction.
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Hyde Park-Kenwood
South Shore Commission
South East Chicago Commission
Jackson Park
Daley
Outer Drive
Harvard
Hideo Sasaki
Sasaki
Cornell Drive
Lake Shore Drive
S9th Street
59Th Street
Cornell
Kozminski PTA Pushes Three New District 14 High Schools
Kozminski PTA urges creation of three new high schools in District 14 to meet Hyde Park Kenwood Woodlawn needs. Proposals include a comprehensive general high school at Murray site opposition, a second comprehensive high school in southwest Woodlawn, and an educational vocational guidance center. A special school for unionized trades and college prep is proposed for District 14 with emphasis on desegregation of training and strong community action. All three schools would have full track systems and a full program range from remedial to gifted education.
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Kozminski Elementary School
PTA Board of Managers
Kozminski
54Th
Ingleside
Hyde Park
Kozminski Pta
Kenwood
Woodlawn
Chicago School Administration
Murray
53Rd
Kozminski Pta Board
Hirsch High School
PTA
Benjamin Willis
Woodlawn Area Project
Beatle Comeback Play Stages Hyde Park YMCA Show
Hyde Park Hyde Park K es Hyde Park YMCA hosted a youth production titled The Days the Beatles came to Hyde Park last week. Actors Glenn Chertkow Miss Mary Moore and Mary Beth Botts led the cast with classmates from University High Ray and Philip Murray participating.
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Hyde Park-Kenwood
Hyde Park
Hyde Park Ymca
Joel Garber
Sam and Clark Dorlaque
Ray
Preston Roberts
University High
Beatles
Glenn Chertkow
Mary Moore
Miss Beethoven
Angela Sheriff
Leah Harber
Murray
Barbara Miller
Laura Black
Mary
Valerie Jeans
Beth Botts
Philip Murray
Richard Nolan
Lise Apatoff
Ann Miller
Chertkow
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Department of Streets and Sewers
Mayor’s Office
George Overton
Leon Despres
Ezra Gordon
Hyde Park Blvd
Martin Lieberman
Clemens Roothan
Greenwood
Charles la Paglia
Tibor Heisler
Don T. Blackiston
Saga Magliga Vigoios