Park District designates Promontory Point bongo area
The Chicago Park District will mark an area at the east end of the 55th Street Promontory for bongo drum playing from noon to 8 p.m. daily. Other drum playing remains restricted without permits. area designated after community leaders requested it.
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Park District
Bongo
Chicago Park District
55Th Street
Fifth Ward
Leon Despres
Daniel Brenner
Hyde Park Blvd
Parks and Recreation
Hyde
Lake Shore Drive
Nancy Hays
Hyde Park HR 2 site plan stalls amid protests over density
Hyde Park planning officials delayed a decision on a joint HR 2 and Ackley site planned development after Hyde Park Planning Committee objections. The proposal would merge two parcels into 28 story towers, raising density questions and parking concerns while seeking zoning changes. Local groups and Alderman Leon Despres urged coordination with the planning department.
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Fifth Ward
Leon Despres
Levine
Hyde Park
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Plan Commission
Department of Urban Renewal
Hyde Park planning clash over HR 2 urban renewal site
Hyde Park residents oppose designating the HR 2 site at 5200 Cornell and nearby Hyde Park Boulevard as a residential planned development. Edward Levine Jr. spoke to the Hyde Park Planning Committee and Chicago Plan Commission last week amid the dispute. Eleven low income housing bills passed by the Illinois General Assembly, led by Representative Robert Mann chairing the commission, with debate over open housing and housing finance measures.
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Chicago Plan
Mission
Hyde Park
Edward Levine Jr
Hyde Park Blvd
Chicago Plan Commission
Cornell
Hyde Park Boulevard
Ernest Strickland
Mann
Legislative Commission
Illinois General Assembly
Robert E. Mann
Harper
Commission
Illinois
Illinois Housing Development Authority
Hyde Park Kenwood committee hears on aftercare and police action
Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference committee heard reports on aftercare needs for Manteno State Hospital patients and on police action at Promontory Point. The group discussed locating a venue for group therapy and reviewed police enforcement of music instrument restrictions after Fourth of July bongo drum incidents.
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HPKCC
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Manteno State Hospital
Promontory Point
Community Services Committee
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Robert L. Kahn
Hyde Park
Kenwood
S5th Street
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Henry McGee Jr
Joseph Dickson
Uons
Ackley
Conservation Community Council
House
Man
State Housing Board
State
Department of Public Aid
State Department of Public Aid
Star Department of Public Aid
University of Chicago Hospital
Manteno
Turner
Woodlawn
43Rd Street
Peter Caplan
Edwin Brown
Kimbark
Caplan
Brown
21St District
Thomas Lyons
Edward Futterman
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