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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 Township, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Paul Cornell, the founder of Hyde Park. The township was founded by Paul Cornell, who paid for a topographical survey of the lakefront south of the city in 1852. [3] In 1853, following the advice of Senator Stephen Douglas, he bought 300 acres (120 ha) of speculative property between 51st Street and 55th Street and set about developing the first Chicago railroad suburb.

  4. University Apartments (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Land Clearance Commission was created to acquire real estate and begin land clearance for blighted areas in Hyde Park. One of these areas was Project Hyde Park A, a 42.7-acre (17.3 ha) area of Hyde Park between 57th Street, Kimbark Avenue, 54th Place, and the Illinois Central Railroad right-of-way. A redevelopment plan for this area ...

  5. Hyde Park Herald - Wikipedia

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    The newspaper was founded in 1882. For the Herald's first seven years, it was a suburban newspaper covering affairs in an independent unit of local government; after Hyde Park was annexed by Chicago in 1889, the Herald evolved into its current status as an urban neighborhood newspaper.

  6. 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]

  7. 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.

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