Hyde Park Kenwood Renewal Sparks Debate Across Papers
The Chicago Daily News and The New World publish contrasting views on the Hyde Park Kenwood Urban Renewal plan. Critics warn displacement of 15 000 to 30 000 residents, mainly Black, with housing shortages and costs rising. Planners defend clearances only after full relocation to standard housing, insisting no evictions occur until relocation is complete.
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Chicago Daily News
Chicago
New World
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Catholic Archdiocese of
West Woodlawn
The
James V. Cunningham
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Daily News
Hyde Park
Kenwood Open House Tours and Art Display May 11
Kenwood residents invite visitors for open house tours on May 11 from 2 to 5 pm guided by station wagon escorts to architectural and historical landmarks. Three tours visit three houses and one apartment each, followed by a Temple Isaiah Israel Community House reception. An art exhibition at Schaffner House features Don Baum Alice Shaddle Cecily McNeil Russ Arnold Mitch Kohn Harold Haydon Carl Peterson and August Becker.
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Temple Isaiah Israel
Kenwood
Schaffner House
Greenwood
Ernest Haggard
E. 49Th
Robert Lifton
Kimbark
Eugene Dibble
E. Madison Park
Allison Davis
E. 50Th
A. A. Rosen
S. Kimbark
Temple
Philip Williams
Hold South Area Crime Conference
A Southside crime conference will be held Saturday May 9 at Parkway Ballroom 4459 S Parkway. Sponsored by the Cosmopolitan Chamber of Commerce and local groups the event runs 10:00 a.m. to noon on Problems of Youth luncheon then 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. for crime and law enforcement discussions with judges legislators aldermen and police specialists participating.
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Parkway
S. Parkway
Cosmopolitan Chamber of Commerce
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Charles Dornbusch
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Hyde Park Herald
Arthur Jackson
George Kuyper
Michael Braude
Carl Dornbusch
Irving D. Harris
Don Baum
Sheldon Korchin
Joseph White
Richard Langendorf
Edward McNeil
Philip Brail
Maurice Gleason
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