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Newspaper
Hyde Park Herald
Location
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1968
Page
5
A July garden diary laments crabgrass thriving in heat and seeding before fall. The author notes weed killer fails in flower beds, stresses constant pulling, and plans to reseed with daylilies daisies and blue Salvia while hoping for a September fresh start.
The speaker notes a committee chair’s broad control within his panel provided rules and taste are respected. No current complaints have surfaced from witnesses, though the Fry matter remains unhappy for him. Referred remarks come from Mr and Mrs Halkin regarding jurisdiction and potential witness concerns.
The Daniel Burnham Committee cites unresolved planning for Jackson and Burnham Parks from 47th to 67th Streets. It asks about south lakefront marinas, relocating the 59th Street marina, funding for the 66th Street marina, and the construction period and capacity of a new marina, with or without slips.
The document outlines questions on beach access at South Shore area, low and six lane road options for Lake Shore Drive with earth slopes or retaining walls, Burnham Jackson Park wall designs, land bridges at Promontory Point, legal hurdles to removing inside lanes for a landscaped median, park and drive treatments, 57th Street Beach plans, park pathway revisions, potential row boating concessions, inlet options at 59th Street marina, lagoon stagnation remedies, Clarence Darrow Bridge pedestrian use, riding stables sites, unobtrusive lakefront parking, cyclone fence minimization and pedestrian traffic devices, and impact zones for a low road through Jackson Park to 47th Street. The questions are posed by John F. Barber on behalf of The Daniel Burnham Committee.
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