• 55th Near Harper ALERT: Sculpture on 55th Near Harper in Danger!

  ALERT: Sculpture on 55th Near Harper in Danger!

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on October 3, 2008.

• 750 S. Halsted Avenue Fair Housing Conference October 7 2008

  ...place at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) campus in Student Center East at 750 S. Halsted Avenue...

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on October 3, 2008.

• 1621 E. 55th Street On the Pavement: The End of BYOB on 55th

  The proposed change will be discussed at a community meeting at 6PM, Thursday, October 2, at 1621 E. 55th Street. Fifth Ward Alderman Leslie Hairston will be in attendance.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on September 30, 2008.

• North and Milwaukee Wicker Park's NIMBY Envy

  ...said he likes the idea of establishing a hotel in the 77-foot tower at North and Milwaukee, but he does not have enough information to support the application for a special use...

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on September 29, 2008.

• 1126 E. 47th Street Blogs You Should Read and Things You Should Eat

  ...has been blogging about the long-awaited arrival of the Zaleski & Horvath Market Cafe at 1126 E. 47th Street, undoubtedly named after the well-known Polish-Hungarian retail merchants who bring their business acumen...

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on September 4, 2008.

• 55th and Cornell Blogs You Should Read and Things You Should Eat

  ...space in Hyde Park really is. (We note that Tati's old basement shop at 55th and Cornell is still vacant. Low rent with free lead poisoning, anyone...

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on September 4, 2008.

• 1635 E. 55th Street Blogs You Should Read and Things You Should Eat

  Meanwhile, another little shop appears poised to enter the local retail landscape: Open Produce, at 1635 E. 55th Street, tells me that they're in the last stages of their build-out, and hope to win their last duel with City inspectors in the next few weeks, which you can read about on their blog.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on September 4, 2008.

• 5220 S. Blackstone MAC & the Hyde Park Rental Revolution

  Shortly after MAC acquired The Blackwood (5220 S. Blackstone) the 15 story deco tower completed in 1930, the company was contacted by the FBI and informed that 59 of the building's residents were suspected of involvement in the drug trade.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on August 3, 2008.

• 5220 S. Drexel MAC & the Hyde Park Rental Revolution

  ...MAC's current activity is conspicuous, a few examples stand out. At the Drexel Grand (5220 S. Drexel) only 30 of the 64 units were occupied when MAC acquired the property. The gas...

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on August 3, 2008.

• Hyde Park Neighborhood Club Hyde Park Neighborhood Club needs to Focus on Hyde Park Needs

  The Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, by the admission of several people intimately involved with the Club's day-to-day finances, is in desperate shape.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on July 21, 2008.

• Drexel at 54th Place Hyde Park's Best Public Art

  The concrete dolphin children's fountain in Bessie Coleman Park, on Drexel at 54th Place, hands down. Who needs

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on July 18, 2008.

• 53rd and Cornell Psst! You can talk about Village Center now!

  Add this to the stalled high rise at 53rd and Cornell, no clear future for the Shoreland, and vacant Doctor's Hospital and McMobil properties and you really have a ghost town in the making.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on July 15, 2008.

• 52nd and Blackstone Psst! You can talk about Village Center now!

  View from atop Blackwood Apts at 52nd and Blackstone

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on July 15, 2008.

• Harper and Hyde Park Blvd Psst! You can talk about Village Center now!

  At the northwest corner of the property at Harper and Hyde Park Blvd sits a 24 story residential tower. Along Harper, south of the tower, would be small scale retail spaces.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on July 15, 2008.

• Lake Park Avenue and Hyde Park Boulevard Psst! You can talk about Village Center now!

  For several years, there have been rumors that Antheus Capital (owners of the Village Shopping center at Lake Park Avenue and Hyde Park Boulevard) was interested in replacing the run-down shopping center with a combination residential and commerical development.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on July 15, 2008.

• Hyde Park Neighborhood Club Hyde Park Herald is Obamafied

  Now we can't get the Herald to unpack the drama about adult day care at the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on July 14, 2008.

• Hyde Park Hyde Park Herald is Obamafied

  On more than one occasion, the Hyde Park Herald reported on the rise in campaign donations from these developers [taking advantage of City tax-credits to develop low-income housing on the South Side]; in 1995, it ran a front-page article about Tony Rezko, who was then a very active new donor on the scene.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on July 14, 2008.

• 51st and Lake Park Ungar's Village Center Back in Play: 53rd St. TIF Meeting Monday, July 14

  A lot of rumors have floated around about the fate of the forlorn Village Center at 51st and Lake Park; some of you may remember Peter Rossi's ruminations on the topic from last February.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on July 12, 2008.

• 63rd Street Beach Herald's Chicken: Herald Headline Contradicts Article; Sharonjoy Declares Self Empress of East Hyde Park Shrubbery, etc.

  So, in the spirit of Sharonjoy's New Imperial Syntax, I'll sign off by remarking that yesterday, but not today, I went to Summer Dance, which was at, and in, 63rd Street Beach House, where I danced around, and about, to the Willie Gomez con Cache Orchestra, and enjoyed myself both at the time, and in reflection.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on July 10, 2008.

• East Hyde Park Herald's Chicken: Herald Headline Contradicts Article; Sharonjoy Declares Self Empress of East Hyde Park Shrubbery, etc.

  Hyde Park Progress: Herald's Chicken: Herald Headline Contradicts Article; Sharonjoy Declares Self Empress of East Hyde Park Shrubbery, etc.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on July 10, 2008.

• Hyde Park Save the Point = Cavity Search for Grandma

  But blowing through other people's money while you try to sort out your own problems is a classic Hyde Park tradition. We saw it up close with the Co-Op, and now we're seeing a gleeful example from representatives of the Executive Committee of the Community Task Force for Promontory Point

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on July 3, 2008.

• Hyde Park Hyde Park's Impending Health Care Desert

  If you're a nice middle class resident of Hyde Park, and accustomed to having a nice, extremely competent family doctor at the University of Chicago's 47th Street clinic, the kind who can take care of your daughter's strep throat, and refer you to the U of C Medical Center if you need specialized treatment, here's some news:

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on June 23, 2008.

• 63rd Street beach Herald's Chicken: HPHS to explode "dirty" bomb at DH

  We are considering hijacking a NATO bomber with a nuclear payload and landing it in Lake Michigan near the 63rd Street beach," noted Jay Blueberry, chair of the Society's Committee on Non-Violent Historical Preservation.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on June 19, 2008.

• Bucktown Mr. Obama's Neighborhood Redux

  One of the most heartening recent developments has been the influx of "new blood" to the neighborhood.  Families are attracted to Hyde Park by the unique suburban (for want of a better word)/urban aspects.  Wicker Park or Bucktown may be relentlessly hip, but try schooling your kids there or fighting your way to the lakefront.  Mr. Obama and his family are a part of this new crew.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on June 15, 2008.

• Wicker Park Mr. Obama's Neighborhood Redux

  One of the most heartening recent developments has been the influx of "new blood" to the neighborhood. Families are attracted to Hyde Park by the unique suburban (for want of a better word)/urban aspects. Wicker Park or Bucktown may be relentlessly hip, but try schooling your kids there or fighting your way to the lakefront. Mr. Obama and his family are a part of this new crew.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on June 15, 2008.

• University of Chicago Mr. Obama's Neighborhood Redux

  Mr. Ferguson's thesis is that Hyde Park is not really a neighborhood but a strange, failed University of Chicago experiment. An enclave of transients with no roots, just like Barack. Ironically, Mr. Ferguson's sources are all neighborhood residents who have lived in Hyde Park most of their adult lives and whose politics are about a mile to the left of the Weekly Standard.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on June 15, 2008.

• 5400 block of Hyde Park Boulevard Danger: Alderman at Play!

  Hyde Park has become the Acropolis of the Midwest, home to many abandoned temples.  We first chronicled the sad (and continuing) spectacle of the vandalized St. Stephens Church on Blackstone.  We move on to the abandoned Vivekananada Vedanta Society temple/meeting house in the 5400 block of Hyde Park Boulevard.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on June 8, 2008.

• Hyde Park Developing Harper Court: What Evanston Can Teach Hyde Park

  As most people know, Evanston has reinvented itself. The interesting thing is that what happened in Evanston could happen in Hyde Park.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on June 2, 2008.

• Hyde Park Developing Harper Court: What Hyde Park Can Learn From Evanston

  As most people know, Evanston has reinvented itself. The interesting thing is that what happened in Evanston could happen in Hyde Park.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on June 2, 2008.

• Rogers Park Developing Harper Court: What Hyde Park Can Learn From Evanston

  Back in the day, nearly a decade ago, I was living in a flat in Hyde Park's doppelganger neighborhood -- Rogers Park -- and working up in Evanston. Across the hall was a colleague who was doing the same. We showed up in humble Rogers Park the same year.

  Published by Hyde Park Progress on June 2, 2008.

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