District CCC hears charge of dishonesty over 47th Street report
Victor DeGrazia a housing expert and Kate Maremont Foundation executive charged at the Conservation Community Council meeting on April 26 that a Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference evaluation report on 47th Street urban renewal sites was dishonest and misleading. The report, commissioned by Hyde Park Bank and Trust, compared Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union backed plans with Lake Village Associates for LR 1 through HR 1 sites, and was prepared by the area development department of a major Loop bank.
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Conservation Community Council
Hyde’ Park-Kenwood
47Th Street
Victor DeGrazia
DeGrazia
Kate Maremont Foundation
Edwin Rothschild
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Lake Village Associates
Amalgamated
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Lake Village
Hyde Park
Hyde Park Bank
Department of Urban Renewal
CCC
William Keck
University
Abner Mikva
Kenwood
Harold Ostroff
United Housing Foundation of New York
Community and city factions discuss Outer Drive plans
Representatives from the Chicago Park District the Burnham Committee and the Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference met with city officials to review new plans for the Outer Drive segment from 53rd to 59th Streets. The Burns and the conference will submit comments after meetings this week.
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Chicago Park District
Burnham Committee
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Ralph Bergsma
Johnson, Johnson and Roy
George Cooley
City Department of Development and Planning
S5sth Street
53Rd
59Th Streets
Max Matz
Park District
Cooley
Dorchester
Stuart Chase
Hyde Park Blvd
Con
Servation Group
Bergsman
Gerald Goldman
Nancy Hous
U of C to grant 26 honorary degrees at 75th anniversary
The University of Chicago will award 26 honorary degrees at a 75th Anniversary Convocation in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on Friday May 5 at 10 a.m. The recipients from seven nations represent fields from anthropology and biology to economics and physics. George W. Beadle will deliver the convocation address.
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University of Chicago
Rockefeller Memorial
United States
George W. Beadle
Ida Noyes
High density high rises to be discussed at Windermere
A Windermere public meeting on high rise development in East Hyde Park is set for tomorrow night at 8 p.m. May 4. The Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference backs cooperative purchase of existing buildings to curb density. Panel chaired by State Representative Robert Mann includes Alderman Leon Despres, Paul Berger of Hyde Park Federal Savings and Loan, and Edwin Rothschild of 5630 Blackstone.
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East Hyde Park
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Robert Mann
Harper
Legislature Commission On
Leon Despres
Paul Berger
Hyde Park Federal Savings and Loan Association
Edwin Rothschild
Blackstone
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Jared Shlaes
E. 55Th
Rufus Cook
Conference Board
Gerald Gordon
Hyde Park Co-operative Society
Alan Dobry
Drexel
Southwest Area Council
Glen Sandberg
United Cooperative Projects
Eleanor White
Woodlawn
Kenwood Redevelopment Corporation
Herbert Ea
Ton
Kenwood-Oakland
Joseph Dickson
Ellis
Dickson
Ernestine Holland
Dorchester Circle
Rothschild
Julian Levi
South East Chicago Commission
Charles Dornbusch
Daeed
U of C
Venice
Law School
Collegium Musicum
Bond Chapel
Howard M. Brown
57Th Street
Syracuse
Mandel Hall
E. 57Th
Blackfriars
Windermere
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