Hyde Park Urges Swift Action on 53rd and Lake Park Blight
Hyde Park Herald urges rapid removal of the Alport buildings at 53rd and Lake Park under Plan Amendment 6. City council approval, federal consent, and potential condemnation could clear the site within months, paving space for future 53rd Street planning and revitalization.
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Alport
53Rd and
Lake Park
City Council of
Chicago
Alderman Despres
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Community Conservation Council
Theity Council
Department of Urban Renewal
The
Herald
Leo Goldschmidt
53Rd Street
the Herald
Bryson Hotel
49Th and
Bryson
Black Coalition to reshape Chicago city government
Alderman report notes the Springfield formed Black Coalition pressures for non discrimination in state jobs. White dominance persists in Chicago top policy posts and police ranks, with few Black appointees. Hyde Parkers in the Legislature push reforms to end the systemic exclusion and unlock civic energy for all Chicagoans.
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Chicago
Springfield
Richard H. Newhouse, Jr
Ridgewood Court
Chicago Urban League
Hyde Parkers
Education priority and tax debate shape legislative effort
A legislator argues education should be top priority amid fierce revenue talks. He notes contest between education welfare and highways, calls for uniform income tax, and warns that Republican dynamics may force compromises harming school funding. He vows to push education budgets higher in June.
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House
Evern
Letter to Editor Responds to Cornell Village Open House
A Hyde Park reader revisits Michael Burns letter about Cornell Village Open House. He notes welcoming hospitality but says local staff showed little interest in white buyers and asserts a less engaged response from organizers.
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Michael Burns
Hyde Park Herald
Cornell Village
Ments
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Eric Goold
Marvin Bohannan
Estelle Roth
Fred Fuller Bennett
Clarence P. Dresser
Hyde Park Herald Inc
S. Harper
Telephone Midway
Leon M. Despres
Bernard E. Epton
Illinois
Burns
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