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Walking through South Shore greensward dream
A reader describes the 3 mile B&O rail right of way from 71st and Kenwood to 95th and the Calumet River Area as a potential park like greensward. They urge converting the corridor into a public recreation area with flower borders, a bike path, and perhaps a bridle path, noting adjacent homes and derelict properties and suggesting studies by Urban Geography and Business Economics students.
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Hyde Parkers
South Shore
Fifth Ward
Dick Newhouse
Cow Lane
71St
Kenwood
95Th
Calumet River
Calumet Park
73Rd
Stony Island Avenue
Hades Park
76Th
Jeffrey
South Shore High
Rosen
Blum
Baltimore
Industrial Department
The
Jackson
Washington Parks
82Nd Down
Chicago
Russell Square
Indiana
Lake Shore
95Th Street