Piccadilly Promenade Brings Music Food and Flair to Theater
The event features The Happy Road with Gene Kelly and Michael Redgrave, The Red Balloon, and Madeline with a French theme. A miniature Brussels Fair fills the lobby with displays, a fashion show, caramel cookery, stereo sound demonstrations, and a Voice of Music installation. George A. Kuyper of the Chicago Symphony helps as a strolling clown amid clowns and vendors. Mrs. Claude W. B. Holman heads the fair with hot dogs pink lemonade cotton candy and a lollipop tree. Performances run 3:30 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Tickets 50 cents for 3:00 shows and 90 cents for evening shows.
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Voice of Music
George A. Kuyper
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Kenwood
Claude W. B. Holman
Tribune backs Hyde Park housing plan amid renewal debate
The Tribune urges support for the Hyde Park Kenwood conservation program amid concerns over displacement and housing standards. It argues the project will stop middle class flight, stabilize the area, and invite investment, noting racial relations may improve if the plan proceeds.
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Msgr
John J. Egan
The
New World
Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Conservation Community Council
Hyde Park
Chicago
Tribune
Legislators Seek Relocation Priority for Area Merchants
Douglas and O Hara introduced bills to grant relocation priority for merchants facing displacement from urban renewal plans. They argued small businesses risk losing customers and value, urging aid to continue serving the community while salvaging investments amid redevelopment.
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Douglas
O'Harra
Rep. O'Hara
House
Sen
Congress
Community Groups Discuss Co operative Housing Plans in Hyde Park Kenwood
A delegation including Alderman Claude Holman Leon Despres Jim Cunningham William Keck Walker Sandbach and others met with CCB Commissioner Jeremiah Holl and board member Val Janicke to push scatter site public housing. Cunningham showcased maps arguing for nonconcentrated units while Despres noted mortgage men’ s caution but predicted they would assist once a project succeeds.
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CCB
Jeremiah Holland
Val Janicke
Claude Holman
Leon Despres
Jim Cunningham
William Keck Walker Sandbach
Eric Friis
Samuel Block
George James
Kenneth Douty
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Aaron Payne
Ald
Holman
Herman Schuchman
Kenwood Cooperative Housing Group
Cunningham
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Piccadilly Promenade
Corona Studios
Madeline
Rose Dunn
Paul Herman
C. B. Head
Despres
Hyde Park- Kenwood
S. Lake Park
Hyde Park Herald
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