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The Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue

Independent politics. Aggressive urban renewal. Ambitious architecture. More bookstores than bars. And the 800-pound gargoyle: the University of Chicago.

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History The 800-Pound Gargoyle
The University of Chicago may not be the only force that shaped Hyde Park and Kenwood, but it's the biggest.
By Deanna Isaacs

Politics An Island in the Swamp
For decades now, most of Chicago's political independents have emerged from Hyde Park and Kenwood.
By Ben Joravsky

Community Expelled From the Garden The U. of C. wants to park bulldozers on a Woodlawn community garden, and it won't take "let's talk about this" for an answer.
By Martha Bayne

Architecture Beyond Robie House
A tour of some of the neighborhoods' lesser-known architectural gems
By Tim Samuelson

GLBTQ Dance For Your Rights
Hyde Park was a bastion of the Stonewall-era gay-rights movement in Chicago.
By Sam Worley

Theater The Cradle of Chicago-Style Theater
Both Chicago improv and the off-Loop theater movement have their roots in Hyde Park. Sheldon Patinkin was there.
By Tony Adler

Street Level: What to do and where to do it

Arts & Museums Museums, fairs, galleries, co-ops, and a transitory art project

Bars The four places the locals drink

Restaurants Old haunts like the Medici, new cafes like Backstory... and where to get Indian & soul food in the same restaurant

Lit Bookstores, series, and other resources for readers.

Music Where to hear it, buy it, and learn it

Shopping & Services Bike stores, high-quality cookware, a "potted-plant gallery," and more

Performing Arts Where to go in the birthplace of off-Loop theater

Movies The venerable Doc Films and pictures & sounds at the Film Studies Center.

Parks & Rec Promontory Point, Jackson Park, cricket, lawn bowling, and more

Education & Classes It's not just the U of C

GLBTQ Neighborhood centers and services

Volunteering How and where to give back in Hyde Park and Kenwood

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The Face of Hyde Park

Meet Conrad Wennerberg, the man on the cover of our Hyde Park-Kenwood issue.
- by Michael Miner
- Mar 10, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: The 800-Pound Gargoyle

The University of Chicago may not be the only force that shaped Hyde Park and Kenwood, but it's the biggest.
- by Deanna Isaacs
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Expelled From the Garden

The U. of C. wants to park bulldozers on a Woodlawn community garden, and it won't take "let's talk about this" for an answer.
- by Martha Bayne
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: An Island in the Swamp

For decades now, most of Chicago's political independents have emerged from Hyde Park and Kenwood.
- by Ben Joravsky
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Dance for Your Rights

Hyde Park was a bastion of the Stonewall-era gay-rights movement in Chicago.
- by Sam Worley
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: The Cradle of Chicago-Style Theater

Both Chicago improv and the off-Loop theater movement have their roots in Hyde Park. Sheldon Patinkin was there.
- by Tony Adler
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Beyond Robie House

A tour of some of the neighborhoods' lesser-known architectural gems
- by Tim Samuelson
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Bars

Where the locals drink
- by Jajah Wu
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Education & Classes

A roundup of neighborhood classes, schools, and more
- by Sam Adams
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: GLBTQ

Neighborhood GLBTQ centers and services
- by Sam Worley
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Lit

Bookstores, lecture series, and more
- by Noah Berlatsky and Jerome Ludwig
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Movies

Doc Films and the University of Chicago Film Studies Center
- by J.R. Jones
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Music

Music venues, festivals, series, ensembles, and more
- by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer and John Dunlevy
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Parks & Rec

Promontory Point, Jackson Park, and more
- by Kevin Warwick
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Performing Arts

Where to go in the birthplace of off-Loop theater
- by Albert Williams
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Restaurants

The Medici, Valois, Park 52, Backstory Cafe, and more
- by Holly Greenhagen, Kate Schmidt, Laura Levy Shatkin, Michael Gebert, David Hammond, Anne Spiselman and Whet Moser
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Shopping & Services

Bike stores, high-quality cookware, a "potted-plant gallery," and more
- by Jajah Wu
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Volunteering

Building bikes, visiting patients, leading Robie House tours, and more
- by Robyn Chang
- Mar 4, 2010
Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Arts & Museums

Museums, fairs, a transitory art project, and more
- by Julia Thiel
- Mar 4, 2010