Community urges action on 47th Street urban renewal plan
Hyde Park Kenwood leaders push to rewrite the 13 site package LR 10 through LR 14 and reassign LR 1 through LR 5 with HR 1 linkage. They urge study and collaboration with the University of Chicago and city agencies to plan a 1200 unit multi racial development including housing mix and school impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Planning and Housing Committee
Ald
Thomas Keene
Kenwood Town Homes Inc
Department of Urban Renewal
Kenwood Town Homes
47Th
Dorchester
Ellis
Cottage Grove
DAR
Planning and Housing Committee
Albert Newman Trust
47Th Street
Herald
Bruce Sagan
49Th
New Lake Park
Harding Museum
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Lake Park
University of Chicago
Center For Urban Studies
Hyde Park Herald Editorial on Community Development
The Hyde Park Herald urges local architects of repute to design a combined development for HR 1 and SR 1 through 5, emphasizing community control and participation. It cites Harper Court as a model and calls for local financial support while resisting outside takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Keck
Ezra Gordon
John Black
John Vander Muelen
Harper Court
Gershwin’s Sparkling Legacy Outshines Old‑Guard Critics
The critic lauds George Gershwin’s enduring vitality beyond Tin Pan Alley labels. He praises the Rhapsody in Blue and the Concerto in F performed by Andre Previn, notes jazz elements in the works, and argues Gershwin’s stature surpasses traditional American composers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gershwin
Symphony
Arthur Foote
George Chadwick
Horatio Parker
Edward MacDowell
Gershwin
Tin Pan Alley
New York
Ravel
Tansman
Krenek
McCoy
Gertrude Lawrence
Astaires
Ira
Readers debate urban renewal and the 221(d)3 housing plan
In a Letters to the Editor section a columnist defends the 221(d)3 housing program arguing it is a useful tool despite local opposition. The piece criticizes the Herald and a regional conference for opposing public housing and urges placement of such housing with other integrated sites.
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Herald
Conference
North
Hyde Park
Kenwood
The
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Florence Goold
Mary Louise Stauffer
von McCabe
Herald Graphics
Jean Garner
Vena Skolnick
Diana Havill
Fred Fuller Bennet
Clarence P. Dresser
Hyde Park Herald Inc
S. Harper
Chicago
Telephone
Midway
Ill
DUR
DAA
Critic’s Circle
Winnetka
Andre Previn
Previn
Levant
Pollak
Bocaccio
Rabelais
Partment
Gible
Gottlieb Beauty Salon
By Max and
Alfred
Hyde Park Auto Service
Lake Park Avenue
Jim Hartman
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