Urban planning expert urges removal of bowling alley site
Norman Elkin of Leo Shapiro and Associates advised eliminating a bowling alley south of the Har x and Hyde Park Blvd commercial site. His six proposals aim to fit a commercial project into a residential neighborhood, with criteria on access, neighborhood shops, and integrated parking.
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Harx
Hyde Park
Norman Elkin
Leo . Shapiro and Associates
Ade
Elkin
South East Chicago Commission
John Juba
Department of Renewal
Julian H. Levi
Woodlawn
SECC
Secc Board of Directors
DAR
Harper
Illinois Central Railroad
Cuba
Levi
National Tea Company
Harper and
Hyde Park Resident Named Volunteer of the Year
Hyde Park announces Mrs. Arbert L. Myers as Volunteer of the Year for 1958 59. The surgical department aide at Michael Reese Hospital was selected from two nominees representing 78 health and welfare agencies at an 18th annual awards luncheon co sponsored by the State Street Council and the Volunteer Bureau Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago.
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Hyde Park
Arbert L.myers
Myers
George R. Benson, Jr
State Street Council
Benson and Rixon Co
Chicago Area
Palmers House
CCC Meeting on Monday Discussing Commercial Bid Disposals
The Conservation Community Council will meet Monday May 11 at the Hyde Park Kenwood Service Center to discuss disposal of commercial sites with bids and to make recommendations to the Department of Urban Renewal. They will review reports from the South East Chicago Commission and Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference along with plans from the planning committee. DUR will take final action on Thursday May 14 with CCC recommendations aiding the decision.
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Conservation Community Council
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Kenwood
Department of Urban Renewal
CCC
South East Chicago
DUR
Edwin A. Rothschild
Blackstone
FHA Insures Record Hotel Mortgage for Hyde Park Renovation
The Urban Renewal Commissioner announced a $1,332,100 mortgage insured by FHA to finance the Sherry Hotel at 53rd and South Shore Drive. Investor George Liederman will buy for 750,000 and spend 800,000 on modernization including tuckpointing, steam cleaning, and redecoration of 135 apartments renting 125 to 300 dollars monthly. This marks the ninth FHA insured mortgage aiding Hyde Park Kenwood rehab projects totaling about 5 million dollars.
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FHA
John G. Cuba
George Liederman
W. Randolph
Sherry Hotel
53Rd and
South Shore
Liederman
A. Epstein and Son, Inc
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Duba
Holman Calls Meetings on Cottage Grove and 47th Street Proposals
Alderman Claude W. B. Holman of the 4th Ward schedules two public meetings on urban renewal bid proposals. The first May 6 at 7:30 P.M. in the Washington Homes social room and the second May 7 at 7:30 P.M. at the Sutherland Hotel. He invites bidders and interested citizens to speak and study the housing plans.
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4Th Ward
Claude W. B. Holman
Chicago Beach Dr
Department of Urban Renewal
Cottage Grove
Washington Homes
Holman
the Herald
47Th Street
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James O. Wood, Jr
Volunteer Bureau
Homer Harlan
University
Walter J. Roney
Harper and Hyde Park
Albert A. Robin
George S. Lurie
iMrs
Herbert Myers
Conference
Midway
Chicago
Sutherland Hotel
Drexel
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