Hyde Park Kenwood urban renewal progress and challenges
A Hyde Park Kenwood community note reports DUR selling urban renewal land and advancing a large housing site, with over 100 million invested and a push for a new high school. It notes concerns for small businesses welfare services delinquents and the need to address social renewal to avoid decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Urban Renewal
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Chicago City Missionary Society
53Rd
Cottage Grove
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Kimbark Shopping Plaza
Harper Court
Alderman Warns Chicago on Air Pollution Dangers
Alderman reports a broad pollution study showing iron dust and benz pyrene from steel plants and engines entering lungs. Dr. Shubik and team at Chicago Medical School link these pollutants to cancer in hamsters and urge immediate city action and stricter controls including burn devices and expressway planning.
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Chicago
R. Stephen Berry
Philip Shubik
Chicago Medical School
Institute of Medicine
Dr. Shubik
Shubik
Jackson Park
North Woods
Gary
Department of Air Pollution Control
Chrysanthemum sale aids Hyde Park community group
Hyde Park hosts a field grown chrysanthemum sale to support the Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference. On September 11 and 12, at Harper Court, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with sales led by Teens for Jobs for Teens and volunteers from the garden committee and Harper Court Guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Per Court Guild
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Harper Court
52Nd
Harper
Association of Business Owners
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Fuller Bennett
Clarence P. Dresser
Hyde Park Herald Inc
S. Harper
Telephone
Midway
Post Office
Ill
Bruce Sagan
Florence Goold
Mary Louise Stauffer
Jean Garner Jacobs
Vena Skolnick
Howard Neumann
Ralph Wellston
Leon M. Despres
Ald. Despres
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