Supermarket planned for old Benton estate site
A Kroger supermarket and parking lot are planned on the old Benton estate site at 5021 Blackstone extending to Harper avenue. Construction to start around June first and be ready by December 1954. Residents delayed plans pending a zoning board hearing over traffic near Kenwood school and the estate trees.
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Kroger
Benton
Blackstone
Harper Avenue
Sol Vollen
Ben N. Vollen
Caroline
Rita Benton
Vollen
Kenwood School
Richard J. Stevens
Blackstone Ave
Harper Ave
Abrham Cohen
J. Mel O’rouke
Vollens
Jackson Park recovery plan eyed by Alderman Merriam
Alderman Robert E. Merriam proposes a set of improvements for Jackson Park including an outdoor teahouse on Wooded Isle, expanded barbecue pits, Sunday concerts near the Museum of Science and Industry, rehabilitated tennis courts, more row boating, extra baseball diamonds and better bathhouse facilities plus enhanced evening police protection. The plan aims to boost use by Hyde Park residents and visitors.
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Merriam
Jackson Park
U. S. Army
Chicago Park District
Museum of Science and Industry
Hyde Park
Grant Park
Hyde Park Taverns Targeted Over Licenses and Late Licenses
Hyde Park police shut down at least three 55th Street taverns for failing to renew city liquor licenses. The Surf Club at 5501 Lake Park displayed a for sale sign as owners contend late licenses hurt profits. Local businessmen and Sutton criticize the trend while Alderman Merriam backs calls to block late licenses for The Deck at 5475 Lake Park. The process requires mayoral approval, police district captain checks, and six month licenses. late licenses add 410 dollars and extend hours to 4 a.m. weekdays and 5 a.m. Sundays.
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Hyde Park
55Th St
Sutton
Robert E. Merriam
65Th St
Surf Club
Lake Park
Kennelly
Bad Check Passers Get Jail Terms
David Mann aged 21 and Miss Justine Randle aged 21 were sentenced for a series of check forgeries in Hyde Park. Mann received three to six years in Joliet. Randle got one year and a day after testifying for the state. Mann was arrested last March in a hospital lab uniform, linking him to prior burglaries and stolen purses of two University of Chicago coeds.
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David Mann
Justine Randle
Hyde Park
Mann
Joliet
Miss Randle
Billings
Randle
University of Chicago
Kenwood Redevelopment Corporation Elects Officers
The Kenwood Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation organized at St. Pauls parish house electing 15 directors. Samuel H. Bordelon as president and committees on enforcement real estate planning and cleanliness seek zoning compliance, stable markets, physical improvements, and community improvements.
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Redevelopment Corporation
Kenwood
Kenwood Neighborhood
Samuel H. Bordelon
Edmund Mottershead
Edwin A. Rothschild
Maurice Gleason
Charles Dornbusch
Richard Eiger
Abraham Brussell
Harry N. Gottlieb, Jr
Lloyd Hall
Harvey Perioff
R. Reister
Henry A. Spaulding
Joseph H. White
Hubert Will
Richard Younker
Sam Bordelon
Kenwood Homes
South East Chicago Commission
Joseph White
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Old Benton Estate
Stevens
Hyde Park Kenwood
South Fast
Tive
Norman Watson
55Th St. Business Men’s Association
the Herald
S. Lake Park
Chicago
Bill Me
The
Hyde Park Herald
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