Hyde Park Redevelopment Projects Up For Sale
Land Clearance Commission advertises Hyde Park Redevelopment Projects A and B as land for residential and related shopping facilities. Ads run in six papers including The New York Journal Chicago Herald American and Hyde Park Herald. LCC will not accept offers until September 24 1956 and may consider alternatives to the plan.
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Hyde Park
Land Clearance Commission
Realty and Builder’s Magazine
The
New York Journal
New York
Chicago
Dallas
San Francisco
Chicago Herald American
Hyde Park Herald
Ders
LCC
Phil Doyle
East Hyde Park residents oppose new tavern at Mayfair Hotel
East Hyde Park Area Council and Independent Voters precinct captains challenge Joe Ferro plan to open a cocktail lounge at the Mayfair Apartment Hotel 55th and Hyde Park. Residents say existing taverns suffice and seek a local option referendum to prohibit alcohol sales in the area. Ferro, owner of Joey’s Lounge, has spent over $5,500 remodeling and faces potential losses as the project hinges on lease validity and a possible referendum.
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East Hyde Park
Mayfair
55Th and
Hyde Park
Joe Ferro
Joey
Lake Park
Francis Bentley
Cornell
Illinois
Pearl Potter
Earnest Kauffman
Ferro
Leon Despres
East Hyde Park I Group
Despres
City
Charles Baratucci
Saul
54Th
55Th
W. C. Bentley
Aaron Levitas
East Hyde Park Area
New Outer Drive Plan to be Shown Next Tuesday
A mass meeting for East Hyde Park residents will present a new plan by University of Chicago planner Jack Meltzer to straighten the Outer Drive from 47th to 57th Street. The 8 p m meeting at Sinai Temple Community House will compare this proposal with the Park District alternative affecting 51st through 55th Street landmarks.
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57Th Street
S. C
51St
56Th Street
East Hyde Park Area
Jack Meltzer
University of Chicago
Park District
Unitarian Church Steeple Repair Nears Completion
The 25 year old Unitarian church tower at 57th and Woodlawn is repaired after weathering loosened stones. A $1200 project overseen by architect Dennison Hull replaces broken stones with Indian limestone and includes tuckpointing. scaffolding took two weeks to erect.
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Corona
57Th and Woodlawn
Dennison Hull
Close Up Alley For Play Area
An alley between Ellis and Ingle from 47th to 48th is closed to traffic and turned into a daily play zone for children from noon to 9 pm. Claude W. B. Holman arranged the closure to curb auto mobile accidents. Conference leaders Charles Wells and Henry McGee urge parents to have children use the space for play.
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Ellis and
Ingleside
47Th
48Th
Claude W. B. Holman
Charles Wells
Ellis
Henry McGee
Kenwood Chamber Weighs Urban Renewal Plan Position
Mandel Seigel says the Kenwood Chamber has not taken a position on the CCB urban renewal plan pending public release of the report. A committee is studying the plan with Carl Jernberg as chair. others include Harry Salvat and E Shorr. The 47th Street merchants oppose widening 47th Street that would remove properties from Cottage Grove to Lake Park.
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Mandel Seigel
Chamber
The
Herald
CCB
Chamber of Commerce
Kenwood Chamber of Commerce
Seigal
47Th Street
Carl Jernberg
South Side Bank and Trust, 47
Cottage Grove
Harry Salvat
Perfection Motors
E. Shorr
Sutherland Hotel
Paul Sourian
Sourian Rug Cleaners
Lewis Jacobson
Cottage G
Lake Park
Hyde Park Field Office Opens for Development Consents
A field office at 910 E. 55th Avenue serves Hyde Park residents to obtain consent for a redevelopment plan by the South West Hyde Park Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation. The proposal, filed June 29 with city authorities, seeks to transfer 14.5 acres to the University of Chicago for married student housing. Public hearings will follow after reaching sixty percent owner consent.
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South St Hyde Park Neighborhood
South West
Hyde Park
Norhood Redevelopment Cption
City of
Chicag
University of Chicago
Co Grove
Woodlawn
55Th
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New Tavern
Tannenbaum
Joey’s
James Cunningham
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Unitarians
Hull
Kenwood Chamber
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