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Hyde Park renewal flaws spark letter on preserving old homes
A reader protests the June 8 article on the pilot house reconstruction, urging preservation of beautiful older houses in Hyde Park. The writer condemns replacing a corner 52nd and Dorchester home with a parking lot and questions tearing down a fire-ridden tenement at 51st and Dorchester, preferring calls for beauty over generic townhouses.
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