City Sites To Take Over Tenement IC To Keep 31st St Station Open
The Illinois Central will keep its 31st street station open after a Commerce Commission hearing. Community groups from Michael Reese Hospital and Lake Meadows housing urged changes to boost commuter traffic. An Aug 16 hearing will consider further schedule changes including possible Hyde Park service elimination and station closures while reshaping overall commuter schedules as a fare increase alternative.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Commerce Commission
Michael Reese Hospital
Lake Meadows Housing Development
Near South Side
31St St
Commission
State of Illinois
N. la Salle
Hyde Park
35Th
39Th St
47Th St
Despres Proposes Intensive Woodlawn Housing Inspections
Leon M. Despres urged Chicago’s building department to launch an intensive house to house inspection in Woodlawn citing overcrowded and inferior units with high rents. He pressed for four block area sweeps and to meet with city leaders to plan a full area review.
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Chicago
Blackstone
Louis Wechsler
Corporation Counsel's Office
Ald
Leon M. Despres
Sansonetti
Simon
Rosenthal
Department of Buildings
Donald S. McKinlay
Superior Court
City Building Department
Woodlawn
Despres
Lake Shore Drive
Richard Smykal
Smykal
D. E. Mackelmann
Sidney Jones
Two Field Houses Planned for Jackson Park
Jackson Park plans call for two new field houses not within Hyde Park. One would rise at 64th and Stony Island on Park District land, the other near 67th and Jeffery at the park’s south end. Consulting engineer Ralph Burke has proposed designs needing board approval. estimated cost is 300000 dollars per building.
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Hyde Park
64Th
Stony Island
Park District
67Th
Jeffery
Park
Ralph Burke
Board of Commissioners
Light-Up In Kenwood Protects Homes With Night Illumination
A Kenwood neighborhood drive urges residents to keep front, rear and side lights on all night to deter burglars and purse snatchers. The program, by the Kenwood Neighborhood Redevelopment Corp and Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference, includes merchants supplying equipment and landlords increasing exterior and entrance lighting.
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Kenwood” Drive
Hyde Park
Kenwood
Outer Drive Lanes Open For Traffic
Eight southbound lanes of the new South Lake Shore drive section opened last Friday between 29th and 49th streets in Chicago. Northbound lanes are due within eight weeks as Park District engineers plan.
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South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago Park District
Lake Michigan
Richard G. Fenel
Park District
57Th St
23Rd St
47Th St
31St St
New West Drive
47Th and
23Rd Sts
49Th St
47Th
31St Sts
31St
47Th Sts
57Th Sts
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Herald
J&s Building Corporation
Joel F. Rosenthal
Claire
E. 56Th St
Connie Sansonetti
Gladys
S. 6Th Av
Maywood
Joseph Simon
Susan
Paxton
Jerome Freud
Halsted St
LeRoy Winer
Sam Wasserman
Altho the Rosenthals
Jackson
Facili
Connec
Tion
Kenwood Clean-up Committee
Pete’s Electric Shop
E. 47Th St
S. H. Frank Hardware
Kenwood Hardware
J. W. Robinson Hardware Store
Marshall Korshak
Claude W.B. Holman
South East
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