Renewal debate on urban improvements and housing in Chicago
The Tribune argues renewal plans must proceed to assure stability and avoid mass white flight, while Msgr. Eagan highlights segregated housing as a root problem. The Defender challenges delays to urban renewal, noting growth in Negro residents and the dangers of delaying demolition and redevelopment.
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Daley
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Hyde Park-Kenwood
New World
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Eagan
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Chicago Defender
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Defender
Neighborhood Club and Y Seek Volunteers for Youth Training
The Neighborhood Club and the Y M C A seek volunteers for a summer youth group training course at 1400 E 53rd. Applications are due by June 4 with training beginning then. Sessions start at 8 00 p m at the Neighborhood Club focusing on leadership skills crafts storytelling and games for work with children in agencies including the Y Neighborhood Club Bay School program and tot lots.
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Neighborhood Club
Bay School Program
Tot Lots
Kenwood housing plan discussed by aldermen officials
Alderman Holman urges middle income apartments on the northwest corner of Swist and Drexel as part of a broader Kenwood urban renewal debate. Gen. Holland pledges to raise questions at a board meeting while expressing a moral commitment to fair land purchases. A Kenwood Co op group reports rapid growth and potential cooperative housing on cleared land between 50th and 47th streets near IC tracks, with City Council hearings upcoming.
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Chicago Dwellings Association
Swist and
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Hi New Kenwood Co-op Group
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City Council
Heaings
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