Hyde Park architecture tours plan two May rides
Community residents can join two Sunday tours of Hyde Park Kenwood architecture on May 7 and May 21 at 2 pm leaving Harper Court. A $1 donation supports the Chicago School of Architecture Foundation. The 23 buildings include four Frank Lloyd Wright houses and a Robie House tour led by Devereux Bowly Jr. and staff.
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Hyde Park Kenwood
Harper
Geophysical Sciences
Ellis
I.W. Colburn and Assoc
Midway
Plaisance
Frederick Law Olmsted
Fountain of Time
Laredo Taft
School of Social Service Administration
Mies van der Rohe
E. 60Th Street
Law School
Eero Saarinen
Dorchester
Woodlawn
F.C. Robie
Frank Lloyd Wright
Adlai Stevenson Institute
Group Aims to Reinvent Ex-Convicts in Community
A six month effort by Prisoners Rehabilitation Organization for United Defense PROUD seeks moral and financial support to reduce crime. The Illinois nonprofit formed by ex offenders runs a carfare fund a clothing fund volunteer legal aid and juvenile counseling and plans a community service unit to clean streets and provide handyman work. PROUD holds weekly meetings at Hyde Park United 53rd and Blackstone starting 6 p.m. invited to the public.
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Illinois
PROUD
Plato Valentine
Valentine
Ono
Hyde Park
53Rd
Blackstone
Hyde Park YMCA seeks new site for community center
The Hyde Park YMCA is searching for a new Hyde Park site to house a human care community center replacing the current 1400 E. 53rd St. building. Plans are embryonic with spaces for inference services, counseling, daycare, and recreation.
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St. Thomas Apostle Apostle Church
Barry Byrne
S. Kimbark Avenue
Hyde Park
Harry Weese
Assoc
University Apartments
Dorchester Avenue
55Th Street
South Shore Drive
Ence
Ncational
John Crewdson
Crewdson
YMCA
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Madison Park
Y.C. Wong
49Th Street
Kenwood
McArthur House
S. Kenwood
E. 49Th Street
48Th Street
Barglow
Booth & Nagle
47Th
Lake Village
47Th Street
Lake Park
Greenwood
Margerstadt
George W. Maher
S. Greenwood
50Th Street
Gleason
Keck
E. 50Th Street
51St Street
University
Lutheran School of Theology
Perkins and
Will
E. 55Th Street
Kimbark
Promontory
56Th Street
Keck and Keck
S. University Avenue
Henry Moore
Regenstein
Walter Netsch
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
University of Chicago
Henry Ives Cobb
Prisoners Rehabilitation Organization For United Defense
Exconvicts
Michael Smith
Chicago Park District
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