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2. Paul Cornell (lawyer) - Wikipedia

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   Paul Cornell (August 5, 1822 – March 3, 1904) was an American lawyer and Chicago real estate speculator who founded the Hyde Park Township that included most of what are now known as the south and far southeast sides of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

3. Hyde Park, Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Engraving of the Hyde Park Water Works, 1882. In 1853, Paul Cornell, a real estate speculator and cousin of Cornell University founder Ezra Cornell, purchased 300 acres (1.2 km 2) of land [9] between 51st and 55th streets along the shore of Lake Michigan, [10] with the idea of attracting other Chicago businessmen and their families to the area. [9]

4. Hampton House (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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   Cornell, a successful lawyer, businessman and real estate speculator, purchased 300 acres (1.2 km 2) of Lake Michigan lakefront land between 51st and 55th Streets in Hyde Park Township (six miles south of downtown Chicago). The land was also adjacent to the Illinois Central Railroad. Cornell employed a common speculation strategy of the day by ...

5. List of neighborhoods in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Hamilton Park Englewood: Hanson Park Belmont Cragin: Heart of Chicago: Lower West Side: Hegewisch Hegewisch: Hermosa Hermosa: Hollywood Park: North Park: Homan Square: North Lawndale: Humboldt Park Humboldt Park: Hyde Park Hyde Park: Illinois Medical District: Near West Side: Irving Park Irving Park: Irving Woods Dunning: The Island: Austin ...

6. Promontory Apartments - Wikipedia

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   The Promontory Apartments is a 22-story skyscraper in Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It was the first skyscraper Mies designed and was the first of his buildings to feature concepts such as an exposed skeleton. The cooperative building overlooking Burnham Park has 122 units.

7. 1700 East 56th Street - Wikipedia

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   Community areas of Chicago (12th street is the border between area 32 and area 33).. 1700 East 56th Street, also known as 1700 Building, is a 38-story luxury apartment building overlooking Lake Michigan and adjacent to Jackson Park and the Museum of Science and Industry in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.