Heavy equipment resurfaces streets in city blocks
Heavy machinery constrains street parking on Kimbark Kenwood Dorchester from 55th to 58th and nearby strips as the Department of Urban Renewal repaves and repairs curbs. The project should finish in about 50 days. A bulldozer digs for elderly housing at 63rd and Woodlawn, photographed by Nancy Hays.
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Kimbark
Kenwood
Dorchester
55Th
58Th
Blackstone
Harper
57Th
59Th
57Th Street
Illinois Central
56Th
Department of Urban Renewal
Illinois
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Maryland building to be rehabilitated by CDA receivership
The 18 unit Maryland Avenue building will be rehabilitated and converted back to 8 units by the Chicago Dwellings Association under court appointed receivership. Olga Alenko is the owner. the building faced 62 code violations and was deemed hazardous. Workers will start after court approval and aim to finish in about 90 days with a caretaker remaining.
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Maryland
Chicago Dwellings Association
CDA
Olga Alenko
Lake Park Avenue Relocation Nears August Completion
Lake Park Avenue relocation under Hyde Park Kenwood Urban Plan aims to finish by August 26 with possible earlier completion. Delays came from heavy equipment operator strikes. new route will follow Illinois Central Railroad right of way with three southbound lanes and two northbound lanes. Water mains sewers sidewalks lighting to be completed by date, then landscaping by Urban Renewal.
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Lake Park Avenue
Bureau of Streets
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Illinois Central Railroad
Final hearing on HR2 urban renewal site
The Conservation Community Council will meet June 15 at 8 p.m. at the Department of Urban Renewal service center 5494 Kenwood to decide a final recommendation for the HR 2 project on Cornell between 53rd and List. Seven proposals exist and speakers may present before a vote. The CCC could pick a proposal or set DUR criteria. recommendations are nonbinding.
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Conservation Community Council
Department of Urban Renewal
Kenwood
CCC
Cornell
List
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Are
Nancy Hays
Lake Park
Avenoving
E. 55Th ST
Hyde Park Shopping Center
Legrane
Dade
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