City approves sale of Hyde Park projects A and B to Webb & Knapp
Chicago Land Clearance Commission backs selling 1,444,325 sq ft of Hyde Park sites to Webb & Knapp for 1,447,121 dollars. The firm plans 15 million dollars in construction with park space and limited merchant relocation aid. Displaced merchants prioritized without rent reductions. contracts may include nondiscrimination and price controls.
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City Council
Chicago Land Clearance Commission
Hyde Park
Webb & Knapp
New York
Leon M. Despres
Zeckendorf
Despres
Cooperative Homes of
University of Chicago Co-Op
Doyle
LCC
Sharkey Dismissed From injunction suit in Kenwood case
Judge Abraham Marovitz dismissed Mrs. Sharkey from an injunction suit over 4820 Kimbark, a building tied to a four year Kenwood redevelopment dispute. The equity was signed over to her granddaughter who is negotiating a sale, while the injunction against multiple uses remains in effect.
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Abraham Marovitz
Mrs. Sharkey
Kimbark
Kenwood
Edwin A. Rothschild
E. 50Th
Marovitz
Rehabilitation survey results discussed at Hyde Park Kenwood meeting
The Block Steering Committee will hear a report on rehabilitation survey results headed by David Zisook. The session at 8 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church, 1174 E 57th, features Jack Meltzer and is open to the public for discussion of urban renewal implications.
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Hyde Park- Kenwood
David Zisook
South Side
South East Chicago Commission
Jack Meltzer
First Unitarian Church
E. 57Th
Irv Horowitz
East Hyde Park to Glow With New Street Lights
Mayor Richard J. Daley will switch on 98 new street lights in East Hyde Park next Tuesday, costing about 60000. The outdoor ceremony at Windermere West Hotel plaza, featuring the Fifth Army Band, is hosted by the South East Chicago Commission East Hyde Park Area Council and the Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference.
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Richard J. Daley
East Hyde Park
South East
Windermere West Hotel
E. 56Th
Bernard Cogan
Frances Bently
Cornell
Martin Lieberman
Charles E. Wessels
George Thompson
Windermere West
Hyde Park
Kenwood
Sims Sentenced To 199 Years In Penitentiary
George Sims, 29, of 6203 Green w ood, a former University of Chicago janitor, was sentenced to 199 years in the penitentiary after being convicted of raping and murdering Mrs. Jeannie Johnson of 6428 Kimbark on April 2. The court rejected mercy as urged by the defense and considered the crime severe. The state had sought the death penalty. witnesses included Julian Levi who testified that Sims confessed after police questioning. Sims claimed police beat him into confession, while relatives of the victim expressed relief at the long sentence.
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George Sims
Greenwood
University of Chicago
Jeannie Johnson
Kimbark
Sims
States Attorney’s Office
State Attorney’s Office
William F. Fitzpatrick
O’connell
Fitzpatrick
Louis Gordon
Julian Levi
South East Chicago Commission
Levi
Johnson
Erich Johnson
Hyde Park Faces Shortage as Alderman Seeks More Squad Cars
Fifth Ward Alderman Leon M. Despres urges Police Commissioner Timothy O Conner to add squad cars in the Hyde Park district. He cites a night in the station with heavy calls and the current three cars plus five motorcycle officers, noting two are often unavailable. He recalls five cars two years ago and links the push to a crime reported by Mr and Mrs Herbert Bains of 5726 Dorchester.
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Fifth Ward
Leon M. Despres
Timothy O’conner
Hyde Park
Despres
O’conner
Herbert Bain
Dorchester
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