Harding Museum fights city condemnation over Lake Park land
The Harding Museum trustees sue to challenge the city's right to condemn the 4935 Lake Park site and dispute the $105,000 offer. Hearings in Circuit Court proceed as DUR officials link delays to broader urban renewal plans for HR-1 and Lake Park Avenue.
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Harding
Lake Park
Department of Urban Renewal
Harding Museum Trust
Thomas Foran
James Hibbin
DUR
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Lake Park Avenue
47Th Street
54Th Street
47Th
49Th
Central
Dorchester
Harding Museum
Toast to Tomorrow at Harper Court draws 250 guests
Harper Court Foundation hosted a cocktail party at Midway Studios on Saturday October 26 that attracted 250 attendees and added 7 600 in bond pledges on site. The event increased total bond sales in the past ten days to about 18 000 with Marian Despres presenting gold medallions to bond buyers.
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Harper Court
Midway Studios
Marian
Leon M.) Despres
E. Soth
Racial composition released for Hyde Park-Kenwood schools
The Chicago Board of Education released a race head count for area schools. Hyde Park High shows 11 percent white and 86.6 percent Negro. several schools list dominant Negro populations with small white and other race percentages. Counts were observed by teachers on the 20th school day and not by asking students.
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Hyde Park-Kenwood
Board of Education
Kenwood
50Th
Blackstone
Kozminski
Ingleside
53Rd
54Th
Murray School
Kimbark
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Yale
Nebraska
Virginia
Silverstein
Harding Trust Law Firm
Crerar Library
Loop
George Harding
49Th and Lake Park
Cekeace
Nancy Hiays
Harper Court Foundation
61St
Harry Bouras
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Nancy Hays
Iame
Hyde Park High School
Bret Harte
56Th
Stony Island
Ray School
Reavis School
Drexel
Shoesmith School
Smectite Wood
S0th
Midway
Harper
Chicago
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