Plans for Middle Income Housing Unveiled in Hyde Park
A public meeting at St. Paul’s Church Dorchester 4945 to unveil a middle income housing project proposed along 47th. Sponsored by Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference and backed by Chicago Dwellers Assn. The plan includes a 109 unit 12 story high rise and 92 row houses with varied bedroom counts.
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St. Paul’s Church
Dorchester
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Chicago
CDA
47Th and
Woodlawn
47Th Street
Kenwood
48Th
Hyde Park Kenwood renewal plan explores high rise option
Keck and Keck outline a LR zoning proposal for Hyde Park Kenwood. The plan would close Greenwood Kimbark and Kenwood to through traffic while Woodlawn remains a north south connector. It envisions 10 high rise units per acre on remaining land with 100 to 125 feet between row houses and 100 percent off street parking.
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Greenwood
Kimbark
Kenwood
Woodlawn
William Keck
5551
University
Keck and Keck
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Keck
Fidel Hangs In Effigy at University Quad
University of Chicago students suspended a 70 foot flagpole effigy of Fidel Castro in front of the Administration Building. The paper mache figure wore fatigues and boots with a sign Cuba Si Castro Nuet. Chancellor Beadle praised the gesture while witnesses watched as a steeplejack lowered the dummy amid tensions tied to Havana protests.
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Castro
University of Chicago
Cuba
Allen Stessmann
Fidel Castro
George W. Beadle
Melinda Wilson
Thurman Hicks
Havana
Kennedy
Professor Dies In Auto Crash In Iowa
Dr. W. Vaughan Lewis a 54 year old visiting geography professor at the University of Chicago was killed in an automobile accident on U S 30 near De Witt Iowa. Prof Wesley C Calef 53 36 University was critically injured when the car they were riding in collided with a truck. The driver reportedly was not injured. Lewis a senior reader in geography at Cambridge University England was an international authority on glaciers and geomorphology and was married with several children in Cambridge England.
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W. Vaughan Lewis
University of Chicago
U. S
de Witt
Iowa
Wesley C.calef
University
Dr. Lewis
Lewis
Cambridge University
England
Downing Place
Cambridge
Kenwood Open House Showcases Elite Family Homes
Dozen families prepare houses for the Eighth Annual Kenwood Open House with tours starting at 1 30 p m at Schaffner House 4819 Greenwood and a grounds concert. Homes on display include those of Dr John Kenward Michael Braude Harry Gottlieb John Turner Leonard Horwich Allison Davis James Woods and Herman Henkle and others with urban renewal photographs and architectural ornaments on view.
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Hyde Penwood Community Center
John Kenward
Kimbark
Michael Braude
Harry Gottlieb
John A. Turner
Greenwood
Leonard Hor
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Fidel
Jones
Mark Jones
Marvin
Marcus
Margquita
E. Seth
Elite
Marquita
Hyde Park High School
First Unitarian Church
Roosevelt University
Loyola Law School
McCoy, Ming, and Leighton
W. Madison
NAACP
Hyde Park
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