Hyde Park sewer project halted by lake water and sand shift
Construction on Hyde Park’s new sewer system near Lake Michigan stalls as crews shore up shifting sand and waterlogged ground. Alderman Ross Lathrop says completion delays stem from the contractor adding pilings under the Illinois Central overpass on Hyde Park Boulevard between Cornell and Greenwood. Work may extend into winter with a target to finish next year.
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Hyde Park
Lake Michigan
5Th Ward
Ross Lathrop
Hyde Park Boulevard
Illinois Central
Hyde Park Blvd
Cornell
Greenwood
D. Shigley
Citywide teacher transfer reshapes Hyde Park Kenwood schools
The Chicago district 14 transfer program shifts 73 teachers out and 73 in for fall, aiming at integration. Kenwood High and several Hyde Park schools replace nonminority staff with minority teachers, with appeals handled by district and state officials.
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Chicago
Hyde Park
Kenwood
E. Stamps
District 14
Donald Blyth
Stamps
Kenwood High School
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Kozminski
Ray School
Murray
Landmarks Council weighs Rosenwald mansion crisis in Hyde Park
The Landmarks Preservation Council backs converting Julius Rosenwald’s 48 room Hyde Park mansion at 4901 Ellis into three $100,000 condominiums rather than demolition. Developers propose twelve townhouses on the two acre site with a coach house unit, drawing local protests over zoning changes and area preservation. Community hearings and Kenwood landmark plans loom as debates center on preserving architectural character versus density.
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Landmarks Preservation Council
Julius Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Rosenwald
Sears
Museum of Science & Industry
Ellis
Hyde Park
Kenwood
Chicago
Commission On Chicago Historical and Architectural Landmarks
University of Chicago
Diane Gray
Louis Silverman
Silverman
Vor
Gray
Landmark Commission
Chicago Planning Commission
KOHC
Rosenwalds
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