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Obama Presidency Sends Hyde Park Over The Top

Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago

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Hyde Park erupted in cheers Tuesday as it became clear that longtime resident Barack Obama would be the next American president. The crowd at the Hyd...

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Fox News: Ayers Votes In Chicago (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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Fox News shifts its coverage from Bill Clinton "to a very different kind of Barack Obama supporter" -- Bill Ayers, who voted at the same Hyde Park loc...

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Hyde Park Small Businesses Support Obama (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)

Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home

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Rebecca Shapiro

From selling T shirts to Indian food , stores along 53rd street in downtown Hyde Park show support for Presidential candidate, Barack Obama. Hyde Par...

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Larry David, You Can Relax

Elizabeth Austin | Posted 12.04.2008 | Chicago

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Elizabeth Austin

One morning last week, we were heading toward downtown Chicago when we saw an unusual cloud pattern: a giant X cloud hanging in the sky, roughly over the Hyde Park neighborhood.

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The Tomato, the Banker, and the Alderman

Flora Lazar | Posted 11.17.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Leon Despres, Vegetables, Farmers Markets, Food, Gardening, Hyde Park, Ron Grzywinski, Tomatoes, Community Development, Shorebank, Socially Responsible Investing, Urban Gardening, Leaon Despres Tomato, Hyde Park Gardening, Despres Tomato, Chicago News
Flora Lazar

The Despres Tomato's characteristic thin skin and fragility are probably not a reflection of the 100-year-old alderman who was known throughout his career for his tenacity.

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Hyde Park Mural Getting New Life

Chi-Town Daily News | Kate Gardiner | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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Caryl Yasko, 67, is doing something new for something old under a Hyde Park viaduct: restoring the mural that jumpstarted her career as an artist in t...

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Real Estate Spotlight On Obama's Neighborhood

Sara Bonert | Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Barack Obama, Chicago Real Estate, Hyde Park Condos, Kenwood Real Estate, Hyde Park Real Estate, Obama Real Estate, Kenwood, Obama Home Value, Hyde Park, Kenwood Home Prices, Obama Kenwood, Chicago News
Sara Bonert

Among all the negative news you have heard about the real estate market lately, home values have actually increased in Kenwood by 13.7% over the last year, with the average home in the neighborhood having a value of approximately $320,000.

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Obama's South Side Home: A Timeline

Zillow | Diane Tuman | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago

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Soon after Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, the up-and-coming junior senator from Illinois, purchased his Georgian revival mansion on the...

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What the Tribune's Zoning Series Missed

David Hoyt | Posted 10.17.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Hyde Park, Tribune, Chicago Tribune, Neighborhoods for Sale, Chicago Zoning, South Side Development, Leslie Hairston, Chicago Corruption, Toni Preckwinkle, Pat Dowell, Bernie Stone, Chicago Zoning Board, Chicago Development, Chicago Community Groups, Chicago News
David Hoyt

The Chicago Tribune's zoning series missed the half of the story that corresponds to the half of the city known as the South Side.

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U. Of C. Land Grab?

Chicago Tribune | Susan Chandler | Posted 10.13.2008 | Chicago

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The University of Chicago is one of the South Side's biggest landlords, so when it starts acquiring land in a new area, people notice--even if the uni...

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Shift Your Sense Of Place: "Are We There Yet?" At The Hyde Park Art Center

Time Out Chicago | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago

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Dawoud Bey curated these conceptual photos and videos by Howard Henry Chen, Alan Cohen, Christine DiThomas and other artists, which examine our shifti...

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The Coming Hyde Park Bar Mitzvah Ban

David Hoyt | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Hyde Park Progress, Doctors Hospital, Hyde Park, Prohibition, Nimbyism, Hyde Park Referenda, Chicago Liquor Laws, Leslie Hairston, Local Option Chicago, Chicago Drinking Laws, Stony Island Mariott, Stony Island, Nimby, Hyde Park Development, Chicago News
David Hoyt

If voters of the 39th Precinct of Hyde Park's 5th Ward decide to exercise their "local option" to ban the sale of alcohol on November 4, they will effectively be banning the celebration of bar mitzvahs in their corner of the neighborhood.

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Jason Linkins

WSJ's Frank: Obama's Neighborhood Is A Haven For Elites - Conservative Elites

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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In their battle to get GOP nominee and Surge-loving gaffe-machine John McCain installed in the White House, conservative thinkers obviously plan to sp...

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The New London Season

Josa Young | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living

Read More: London Season, London Magazine, Serpentine Gallery, Hyde Park, Laura Tennant, Hello! Magazine, Princess Diana, England, London, British, Living News
Josa Young

I went to Hyde Park for a wonderful party at the Serpentine Gallery, London's most glamorous venue, last night. Everyone was outside, not just the smokers for a change.

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