Kenwood Co-op Seeks Housing Sites From Vacant Areas
Kenwood Co-op Homes group plans a survey of vacant land and existing buildings for cooperative housing. A committee led by Leo Tannenbaum will identify sites for potential purchase and adaptation, while Gen Jeremiah P. Holland signals support to make renewal program land available for housing.
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Kenwood Co-op Homes Group
Leo Tannenbaum
Jeremiah P. Holland
Communnity Conservation Board
Gen
Holland
Co-op
Kenwood
SECC Annual Meeting Set to Honor Police Officers
South East Chicago Commission will hold its annual meeting tomorrow with awards to 12 police officers for outstanding work. Executive Director Julian Levi will review the year and update on renewal programs. The event, co hosted with Hyde Park Business and Professional Association, will elect new SECC directors from a list of 28 nominees.
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South East Chicago Commission
Julian Levi
SECC
Hyde Park
Kenwood
Oakland
Woodlawn
Episcopal Diocese urges Hyde Park Kenwood renewal approval
The Diocesan Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago asks City Council to approve the Hyde Park Kenwood urban renewal plan. It urges immediate action and support to bring the program to a successful conclusion.
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Episcopal Dioscesan Council
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Episcopal Diocese of
Chicago
Hyde Park
Parade Opens Triple C Children’s Fair June 7 at Jackman Field
Three year olds Margo Haygood and John Lucas with a Great Dane Klipper prepare for the parade that will open the Annual Triple C Children’s Fair at Jackman Field on 59th Street and Kenwood Avenue. The event is sponsored by Chicago Child Care Society. Attractions include penny rides carousel fire engine train puppet show magician games arts and crafts exhibits and more.
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Margo Haygood
Kimbark
John Lucas
Dorchester
Klipper
Jackman Field
59Th Street
Kenwood Avenue
Chicago Child Care Society
Chicago
Hyde Park Art Fair Weekend Draws Thousands
Hyde Park hosts the Eleventh Annual Outdoor Art Fair on 57th Street between Kenwood and Kimbark this Saturday and Sunday June 7 and 8. Exhibits include drawings paintings sculpture and handicraft by about 250 artists with booths open noon to dark. An accompanying children's art exhibit at Jackman Field and the Renaissance Society galleries offer additional viewing.
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Hyde Park
57Th Street
Kenwood
Kimbark
Jackman Field
58Th
The
Renaissance Society
Goodspeed Hall
E. 59Th
College Honors Sidney Williams for Doctor of Letters
Sidney Williams of 5445 Dorchester Chicago former executive secretary of the Chicago Urban League was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters by Campbell College in Jackson Mississippi. He recently returned from a Ghana survey tour where he attended the congress called by Prime Minister Nkrumah as an observer for the First Friends of Ghana to photograph and tape interviews with leaders.
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Sidney Williams
Dorchester
Chicago Urban League
Campbell College
Jackson
Miss
Williams
Ghana
Africa
Congress of African States
N’krumah
Friends
Edmund Mottershead, Kenwood leader, dies at 42
Funeral services were held last Saturday for Edmund Mottershead of 933 East 49th. He died Thursday at age 42. Mottershead led local conservation efforts and helped found and chair the Kenwood Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation. He also served as president of the Oakland Kenwood Planning Association and owned Mottershead Associates, a management consultancy.
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Edmund Mottershead
E. 49Th
Kenwood
Mottershead
CHA Proposes 900 More Public Housing Units In Chicago
Chicago Housing Authority seeks approval to add 900 apartments to already approved sites raising total planned units to 8 803 across 28 sites. Over 6 600 homes will have three to five bedrooms to house large families while 600 smaller units are deferred to future sites to balance costs within federal limits.
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CHA
The
Public Housing Administration
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Herman Schuchman
Kenwood Co-op Homes
Timothy J. O’connor
Leo Crotty
Andrew Bartlett
Jyden Kernohan
William McWhinney
Ben Pillar
Edward Spellar
James Walsh
Leo McMahon
Richard Shinners, Jr
Frank Hubert
Stanley Mazrn
Lawrence Kimpton
University of Chicago
Courtenay Barber, Jr
George Bobrinskoy
R.O. Byerrum
Charles Dornbusch
Martin Farrell
John H. Gage
Harold E. Gates
Howard Goodman
Lawrence
Chicago Housing Authority
S. Lake Park
Hyde Park Herald
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