This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Hyde Park Continued Striving for Culture and Revival
The Hyde Park Kenwood story traces its growth from 1893 World’s Fair fame to midcentury urban renewal. It highlights population shifts after 1948, illegal conversions, and the 1952 SECC push with University of Chicago backing. Plans A and B led to 47 acres cleared under 1954 act, with $183.9 million spent and a stabilized, diverse community today.
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Chicago
Hyde Park
Museum of Science and Industry
Midwest
Midway Plaisance
Egypt
Greenwich Village
Carl Sandburg
Vachel Lindsay
Ben Hecht
James T. Farrell
Sherwood Anderson
Thorstein Veblen
Lorado Taft
Sinclair Lewis
Clarence Darrow
Second City
Mike Nichols
Elaine May
Illinois Central Railroad
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Hyde Park- Kenwood
University of Chicago
University
Lawrence Kimpton
South East Chi
Cago Commission
SECC
Chicago Police Department