tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post1069122300654395810..comments2023-04-01T06:34:38.141-05:00Comments on Hyde Park Progress: Herald's Chicken: Doctor's Hospital Updatechicago pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-73030947361943112422007-07-29T08:56:00.000-05:002007-07-29T08:56:00.000-05:00Elizabeth: interesting idea and theory. I'm pretty...Elizabeth: interesting idea and theory. I'm pretty sure the U of C will get it's hotel, and think it's a reasonable thing; but do think you're right that some new, higher-end development would be helpful for a number of reasons. Which is why I support a new tower at 56th and Cornell (Save the Parking Lot!!)<BR/><BR/>Re: demand from Lab parents, interesting. Would like to know more about that. In any case, the "Golden Rectangle" is far too small to serve the multiple needs of Lab, the U of C, the hospital, etc. <BR/><BR/>The only way to take pressure off of Hyde Park is for the neighborhoods surrounding HP to be developed, and ultimately the rest of the South Side. Most HP'ers don't seem to think about that.chicago pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-87150044596045932112007-07-28T21:37:00.000-05:002007-07-28T21:37:00.000-05:00Another alternative for Doctor's Hospital would be...Another alternative for Doctor's Hospital would be high-end condominiums for North Side Lab School families looking to move to Hyde Park. <BR/><BR/>This is unexplored territory on the blog, but in my opinion the high housing prices in the "golden rectangle" in Hyde Park are a direct result of professional parents of Lab kids trying to move on campus. The housing stock is thin -- there are few single-family homes between 58th and 55th. A wealthy person who is used to North Side prices will pay over a million for a family-sized house without blinking. <BR/><BR/>And yet the neighborhood amenities are still (mostly) those of an impoverished community. There are of course exceptions, like Toys Etc., Freehling Pot and Pan, and the Medici Bakery.Elizabeth Famahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04931639156261179425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-26053035657781316832007-07-27T15:01:00.000-05:002007-07-27T15:01:00.000-05:00Further thoughts on your further thoughts: as with...Further thoughts on your further thoughts: as with so many things in Hyde Park, the absence of choice means that competition does not operate in some of its more salubrious ways: when you only have one source (the Co-Op, The Herald, the Foreign Car Hospital, etc.) there is no pressure on anyone to run a tight ship. And so with The Herald -- they're the only game in town (and I do appreciate their existence), but there needs to be another outlet. Freedom of the press does not mean one outlet.chicago pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-19363542128628532632007-07-27T14:59:00.000-05:002007-07-27T14:59:00.000-05:00Peter, how would you like to have "Herald's Chicke...Peter, how would you like to have "Herald's Chicken"? I view it as a weekly rotisserie, in which we roast the local organ, and the half-truths and selective omissions should come out with the dripping.<BR/><BR/>How does that sound?chicago pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-76448272496103188802007-07-27T00:56:00.000-05:002007-07-27T00:56:00.000-05:00In addition to the points raised in the blog entry...In addition to the points raised in the blog entry, there are several other misprepresentations in the article.<BR/><BR/>The article refers to "union activists" and "preservationists" in attendence. Apparently, willingness to attend a meeting is the only qualification needed to be dubbed an "activist" or "preservationist" by the Herald. Local landscaper, Jack Spicer, is cited as a "preservationist," though Mr. Spicer has no training or qualifications in preservation or architecture.<BR/><BR/>David Bahlman is referred to as a representative of the "statewide preservation agency" Landmarks Illinois (Landmarks Council of Illinois). This is a private group not a state agency. The Herald uses this wording in an attempt to give the impression that Mr. Bahlman is speaking in a capacity as a State Official.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Bahlman talks of the hotel as "not Hyde Park" even though he is not a resident. He has appointed himself as the gatekeeper of what is appropriate for our neighborhood. Abandoned, ugly buildings are "Hyde Park" but much needed hotel and meeting space is not. The University puts up hundreds if not thousands of visitors yearly in downtown hotels. Few of these visitors have cars. What they do is spend money on restaurants in downtown Chicago instead of Hyde Park.Peter Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15610159670466039455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-62219179799632253602007-07-26T23:54:00.000-05:002007-07-26T23:54:00.000-05:00The Hyde Park Herald routinely prints misleading h...The Hyde Park Herald routinely prints misleading headlines, "news" stores that are merely thinly disguised editorials, and various non-stories that are designed not to report any event but stir up opinion against some sort of progress. <BR/><BR/>Let's have a regular feature that reviews each issue of the Herald and exposes the half-truths and selective omission as well as the stories that are merely opinions not fact.<BR/><BR/>I'm willing to help!Peter Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15610159670466039455noreply@blogger.com