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Hyde Park Highway Plan Sparks Community Standstill
Hyde Park residents and groups press officials to delay highway work through Jackson and Burnham Parks until park improvements are funded. The Chicago Beach Drive route is proposed to keep the park intact, with owners of 4800 Chicago Beach Drive willing to deed land to the city. A citizens suit by the Burnham Committee aims to remove the highway from the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Burnham Parks
Hyde Park Kenwood
Richard J. Daley
Park District
47Th Street
East Hyde Park
49Th
East End Avenue
Hyde Park Blvd
Chicago Beach Drive
Ted Palmer
Palmer
Chicago Beach
Draper and Kramer
Milton J. Pikarsky
Public Works
Soth-on-the -Lake
Chicago
Pikarsky
50Th On-The Lake
Piekarsky
Daniel Burnham
Park
Stuart Chase
Hyde Park