Outer Drive plan postponed pending park study in Hyde Park
City and community leaders agreed to delay action on the South Outer Drive project to allow a detailed park plan for the area from 47th to 67th Streets. An independent evaluation of park improvements will be conducted by a nationally known expert hired by the South East Chicago Commission.
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South Outer Drive
Daley
Irwin Weiner
Park District
Kenwood
Ira Bach
Chicago Plan Commission
Conference
Sth Ward
Marshall Korshak
Everett
Bach
Weiner
Pekarsky
Public Works Department
Julian Levi
SECC
Hyde Park
CCC meeting on Harper Court plan amendment
Hyde Park Kenwood Conservation Community Council schedules a June 24 meeting at the Urban Renewal service center 5494 Kenwood for a single agenda item. The plan amendment 4 to the 1958 Hyde Park Kenwood renewal plan covers changes for Harper Court a low rent artisan center planned for 52nd and Harper.
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CCC
Harper Court
Hyde Park-Kenwood
52Nd
Harper
Edwin A. Rothschild
Blackstone
City wins verdict on Harding Museum site appeal
A jury set the Harding Museum land value at 140000 for the Lake Park site after DUR offered 150000 prior to trial. Museum trustees plan to appeal and may move the collection valued at as high as seven million to another city.
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Harding Museum
Lake Park
Department of Urban Renewal
Ing Museum
DUR
Children break ground for new park in Hyde Park
Children from St Thomas the Apostle School and Philip Murray public school break ground for the community park, east side of Kimbark between 54th and 55th. Father Oldershaw helps the littlest girl dig as Fifth Army band members watch. Mayor Daley and city officials attend.
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New Park
St. Thomas the Apostle School
Philip Murray Public School
Kimbark
Fifth Army Band
Father Oldershaw
St. Thomas
Donna Wilson
Mikva again runs for Illinois House after retirement bid
Representative Abner J. Mikva, living at 5545 Kenwood, agrees to seek a new term in the Illinois General Assembly after previously announcing retirement. Democrats slate 118 nominees for 177 seats as redistricting fails, with Mikva among three former 23rd district candidates joining incumbent Robert Mann and James McLendon in the slate. Hyde Park awards mark civil liberties honors for Edwin Berry Harold Fey and Leon Despres at the ACLU meeting.
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Abner J. Mikva
Kenwood
Illinois General Assembly
Mikva
Daley
Edwin C. Berry
Chicago Urban League
Harold E. Fey
The
Christian Century
Leon M. Despres
ACLU
Sta Ward
Marshall Korshak
Everett
Illinois
Clude
Robert Mann
Harper
James McLendon
Hyde Park Blvd
4Th Ward
Claude W. B. Holman
Chicago Beach
Goldberg,Shadur
Devoe
Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
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Harding
Illinois Coral Embankment
Megan
John Saunders
Murray School
Patricia Martinez
Landrum
Karen Bughman
John Duba
Liir Ward
Nancy Bays
Abner Mikva
State House
Three Hyde Parkers
Edgar Bernhard
Ilinois Aclu
Edgar Chandler
E. 58Th
Church Federation of Greater Chicago
Richard Nelson
Inland Steel Company
Jacob Weinstein
Madison Park
R.A.M. Temple
Berry
Dr. Fey
Ald
Despres
Third State
Better Government Association
Independent Voters of
Ilinois
Ba O’hara
United States
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