Jackson Park plans outlined to curb lagoon litter
State biologist Dr. Warren Brigham told the Conference Environment Committee that litter and sediment degrade lagoon bottoms and benthic life in Jackson Park. Restoration could involve bottom dredging with bank stabilization and vegetation to rebuild shorelines and improve water quality for year round fish life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcella Gewirth
Jackson Park
Warren C. Brigham
Illinois Natural History Survey
Conference Environment Committee
Brigham
Lake Michigan
Hyde Park sewer project to extend into 1978
Alderman report details a million dollar Hyde Park area sewer project from Cornell Ave to Greenwood Ave begun 1976. Traffic detours to persist into spring 1978 with four-step construction, bus route detours, and temporary gravel roadbeds while work restores Hyde Park Blvd and upgrades drainage for 49th to 54th streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald
Ross Lathrop
E. 51St Street
Cornell Ave
Greenwood Ave
49Th St
54Th St
Cottage Grove
51St Tree
Hyde Parkers
Peoples Gas Company
Parkway
Hyde Park Blvd
Dorchester Ave
50Th and
Dorchester
52Nd and
Dorchester Parkway
Peoples Gas
Lake Park and
Lake Park Ave
Lake
Cornell West
Woodlawn Ave
Bureau of Street Traffic
CTA
Drexel
Hyde Park
Stony Island
Blackstone
Woodlawn Avenue
53Rd St
Lake Park
Blackstone Ave
50Th St
Drexel Blvd
Lake Front
Racine Avenue
Public hearing on Hyde Park development plans
The Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference will hold a second public meeting on the proposed development at 54th Street and Hyde Park Boulevard. It will be at Sinai Temple on June 7 at 7 30 p.m. The task force will present alternatives to a seven foot wall along Hyde Park Boulevard after talks with developer Louis Silverman and architect Larry Booth. The session aims to guide the task force the conference the alderman and nearby residents ahead of the June 10 zoning Board of Appeals hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park-Kenwood
54Th St
Hyde Park Blvd
Sinai Temple
Louis Silverman
Larry Booth
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Dollie Kyles
Eugene Jones
Loop College
City Colleges of
Chicago
Kyles
Truth School
Jackson
Michigan
Illinois
Ing
A.N. Whitehead
Ward Service
Zoning Board of Appeals
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