New Hyde Park Hotel to Cater to U of C Visitors
The latest hotel plan for the Hyde Park neighborhood is moving forward. The Chicago Plan Commission as approved plans from suburban Cleveland developer Smart/Olympia Illinois to turn a surface parking lot at East 53rd Street and South Dorchester Avenue into a seven-story hotel with up to 100 rooms. Last fall, neighbors of 1401 East 53rd express concern about what the GREC-designed hotel will do to traffic on the street, which is...