Hyde Park Kenwood public housing plan gains CCC approval
The Conservation Community Council approved 40 new public housing units and recommended suitable rehab sites to the Department of Urban Renewal. Amendments expand plan boundaries and redesignate sites for housing and commercial use, with final council approval pending and CHA plan review ongoing.
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Hyde Park
Kenweed
Conservation Community Council
Department of Urban Renewal
CCC
Hyde Park-Kenweed
Cottage Grove
53Rd
George Williams College
DUR
Ellis
South West Hyde Park
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Seth
Weedlawn
Lord and Woodlawn
Chicago Housing Authority
Hyde Park-Kenween
Residents Plan School Boycott Over Dr Willis Resignation
Planned by the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations and 17 civil rights groups, residents stage a boycott and picketing at Hyde Park Kenwood schools on October 22 to protest segregated schools and call for Dr Willis to resign as Chicago schools superintendent. Local churches support with meals and volunteers as committees mobilize parents and students across multiple schools.
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Dr. Willis
Willis
Chicago
Chicago School Board
Hyde Park- Kenweed
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
Sidney Bird
Kimbark
Kenweed
Shoesmith
Shakespeare and
Reavis
Charles Fisher
Madison Park
Chicago Area
Friends of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
City Hall
Schoool Board
Grand opening of the 53 Kimbark Shopping Plaza
The 53 Kimbark Shopping Plaza holds its grand opening this weekend with 16 merchants distributing 500 gift tickets on October 17 18 and 19. A gift drawing for groceries paint and small appliances runs October 26 with winner not required to be present. Cubs star Ernie Banks will sign autographs at American Television and Radio Laboratory in the plaza on Saturday.
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Kimbark
Ernie Banks
Chicago Cubs
American Television and Radio Laboratory
Hyde Park Salvaged Architectural Pieces Eye Smithsonian
Hyde Park-Kenwood Committee salvaged architectural elements may enter Smithsonian collection. An official will visit Chicago next month to inspect items including stained glass stoneware carved wood detail and an American Renaissance fireplace from demolished Hyde Park Kenwood buildings now on permanent display at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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Hyde Park
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D.C
Institute
Chicago
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Museum of Science and Industry
Hyde Park- Kenwood
JOBS program names two unit supervisors in Chicago
Gordon H Mack and George S McCracken named unit supervisors under the JOBS program Run by Chicago Boys Clubs Chicago Youth Centers and YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago The project aids unemployed youths ages 19 to 22 and dropouts Bruce M Cole directs from 1471 E Park Pi Mack 36 heads Sears Roebuck YMCA operation one of five inner city units McCracken leads Lower North Youth Center unit.
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Gordon H. Mack
S. University
George S. McCracken
E. 49Th
Bruce M. Cole
E. Park
Fort
Chicago Boys Clubs
Chicago Youth Centers
YMCA
Chicago
Mack
Sears Roebuck Ymca
McCracken
Lower North Youth Center of Jobs
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Ssth
Ssth-Weedlawne University
Augustana Lutheran Church
Augustana
55Th and
Weedlawn-Kimbark
57Th and
Blackstone
Dorchester
Aes
56Th
DUA
CHA
Ing
Andy Field
E. 50Th
John B. Allen
Stewart Field
Andy
Nicky Meier
Allen
Kenweod, Reavis, Shoesmith
Shakespeare
Hazel Rogers
Hyde Park Blvd
Ray
Bret Harte
Murray
Kezminski
Adrienne Harber
First Baptist Church
E. Soth
A. Walters
Fisher
Irving King
Drexel
Frances Hasendeve
E. Seth
K. Simonsen
Ridgeweed Ct
Sam Ackerman
Rochdale
Midway
Harper
Boy Scouts Parade
Boy Scouts
Stagg Field
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JOBS
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