Kenwood
Creative Futures
Bruce Taylor began the first day of class by asking his nine students why they were given their first names. “I was named Joy,” responded one student, “because my daddy said I brought joy into his life.” After two beats of respectful silence a single giggle escaped from someone’s mouth. The class erupted in... »
Hyde Park & Kenwood
Hyde Park and Kenwood are mostly residential and tree-lined, amber and beautiful in the autumn. The lake still reflects each sunrise, sending plumes of fog rolling west in the springtime. Surely more changes will come, but for now this area is a place for schoolchildren and undergraduates, working parents and professors, and of course,... »
The Wright Idea
Since its construction, the Robie House has indeed been turning heads, as much out of controversy as admiration. It was the building Wright himself once called “the most ideal place in the world,” yet was once in danger of destruction. Located in the heart of Hyde Park, at the corner of 58th and Woodlawn,... »
Best of the South Side 2010
Given that the University of Chicago is situated smack dab in the middle of Hyde Park, the resulting feel of the neighborhood (and of Kenwood, immediately to the north) is one of a strange cultural mélange. Sure, there’s the obvious difference in economic class between many of the UofC students and the local community... »
Report from Obamaland: The President may not be here, but his presence remains
Stately and elegant, red brick with white trim, partly obscured by a row of trees, the house has nothing to set it apart from the other homes on this affluent residential block of Kenwood. Except that it is protected. In the driveway there is always a black SUV. At the end of the street,... »
Home sweet homegrown
Erika Allen, Chicago project manager of the urban agriculture nonprofit Growing Power, Inc., spoke last Friday at the KAM Isaiah Israel synagogue about the organization’s recent efforts to increase food quality and food literacy within Chicago communities. Growing Power was founded in 1993 in Milwaukee as an urban agriculture development and youth outreach program... »
Best of the South Side 2009: Hyde Park and Kenwood
Hyde Park can sometimes seem like its own little world. In fact, it hosted one near the beginning of its existence: The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, which attracted over 20 million people in six months, was held on the Midway Plaisance and in Jackson Park. Meanwhile, at the western end of the Midway,... »
60 Years of HPKCC
The Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference celebrated its 60th anniversary on Wednesday with “Challenging the Next Decade,” a forum devoted to discussing the future of the Hyde Park community. As Hyde Park was confronted by issues of integration and the community’s deteriorating infrastructure in the late 1940s, the HPKCC was formed to “confer and figure... »
