New! February 6, 2008 Hyde Park Herald: "Letter to the Editor - Point Progress Update"

New! November 14, 2007 Hyde Park Herald: "Congress approves Point study money"

August 16, 2006 Hyde Park Herald: "City OK's Point Review"

July 20, 2005 Hyde Park Herald: "Point Rehab Wins House Support"

February 23, 2005 Hyde Park Herald: "Point-ing the Way; former mediator urges leaders to back Jackson's move"

February 5, 2005 Hyde Park Herald: "Jackson opposes fed money for Point"

June 30, 2004 Hyde Park Herald: "Final Point meetings put state agency at forefront"

June 30, 2004 Hyde Park Herald editorial: "Hairston doing public business in the dark"

June 30, 2004 Hyde Park Herald alderman's report: "Hairston tells Herald she's committed to Point"

June 30, 2004 Hyde Park Herald letters to the editor: "Jackson Jr. shares credit with Hairston"

June 29, 2004 Chicago Tribune: "New voice on Promontory Point"

June 23, 2004 Hyde Park Herald Editorial: "Jackson Jr. could upstage Hairston in Point debate"

June 16, 2004 Hyde Park Herald: "Jackson Jr. to propose Point preservation act"

June 9, 2004 Hyde Park Herald Editorial: "Unified effort needed to rehab Point"

June 9, 2004 Hyde Park Herald: "Ald. wants July Point deadline"

April 24, 2004 Chicago Tribune: "New Montrose lake wall might need big repair"

March 24, 2004 Hyde Park Herald: "Point named one of state's 10 most endangered sites"

March 25, 2004 Chicago Sun-Times: "7 local sites on 'endangered' list"

March 24, 2004 Chicago Tribune: "List of most-endangered places"

February 25, 2004 Hyde Park Herald: "Point fight flares up over city's 'two-step' proposal"

February 25, 2004 Letter to Hyde Park Herald from the Park District Superintendent: "City sets record on feasibility of limestone"

February 25, 2004 Hyde Park Herald: "Letters: Hyde Parkers weigh in on Point preservation" (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader: Get it here.)

February 23, 2004 Letter to Chicago Sun Times from Illinois Historic Preservation Council: "Restore Promontory Point landscape"

February 17, 2004 Chicago Maroon: "Community activists reject City compromise over Point"

February 17, 2004 Chicago Maroon Editorial: "Saving the Point for Hyde Park"

February 13, 2004 Chicago Reader: "Final Countdown for the Point"

February 11, 2004 Hyde Park Herald Editorial: "City Reasoning: Anything but Concrete"

February 4, 2004 Hyde Park Herald: "Point talks collapse as Doig leaves park district"

December 17, 2003 Hyde Park Herald: "Point group wins $5K grants"

December 10, 2003 Hyde Park Herald: "IHPA stands by it no-concrete position on Point"

December 3, 2003 Hyde Park Herald Letter to the Editor: "Task force calls for end to silence on Point"

November 26, 2003 Hyde Park Herald Editorial: "Community deserves a voice in Point dispute"

November 3, 2003 Chicago Maroon: "Community activists, city still debating about future of Point"

September 11, 2003 WBEZ Chicago Public Radio's "848" program: "Visitors to Promontory Point" (audio)

July 20, 2003 Chicago Tribune: "Scenic spot hides a military past"

July 20, 2003 Chicago Tribune: "Scoring a big point for the promontory"

July 14, 2003 Chicago Tribune: "Promontory Point rocks get reprieve"

June 24, 2003 Hyde Park Herald: "Park district extends hand, then slaps Point Task Force"

June 19, 2003 Chicago Tribune: "Engineer criticizes lake wall proposal"

June 19, 2003 Chicago Sun Times: "Promontory Point work edges closer"

June 5, 2003 Hyde Park Herald: "Historic Preservation Agency Focuses on Point"

June 3, 2003 Chicago Tribune: "New player in lake fight"

Featured! June 2, 2003 New York Times: "Like Water for Concrete"

May 2, 2003 Chicago Reader: "Lake of Ire"

March 26, 2003 Hyde Park Herald: "Activists seek university's backing in Point dispute"

February 16, 2003 Chicago Tribune: "Lake shoreline plan is eroding"

December 10, 2002 Hyde Park Herald: "Landmark status for Point?"

November 18, 2002 Letter to the Editor of the Hyde Park Herald by Jack Spicer

November 12, 2002 Hyde Park Herald: "City rejects preservation plan for Promontory Point"

October 22, 2002 Chicago Tribune: "Last-ditch battle on lakewall" (This article is about the Belmont Rocks section of the Lakefront.)

October 9, 2002 Hyde Park Herald: "Engineer's report saves $15M, limestone at Point"

October 2, 2002 Chicago Sun Times: "City plan for Point called far too pricey"

October 2, 2002 Chicago Tribune: "Report boosts opponents of concrete lakefront wall"

September 30, 2002 Chicago Tribune: "Groups draw line in the sand"

September 18, 2002 Hyde Park Herald: "Lake views" (photo of new raised Lake Shore Drive at The Point)

September 11, 2002 Hyde Park Herald: "Police ticket swimmers at the Point, reason unclear"

August 9, 2002 Chicago Maroon: "An introduction to Hyde Park's fishing scene" (The "fishing scene" is at Promontory Point.)

August 2, 2002 Chicago Reader: "Say Bye-Bye to the Boulders"

July 10, 2002 Hyde Park Herald: "55th Street underpass to close for summer work"

July 8, 2002 Chicago Maroon: "Landmark Preservation Council of Illinois names Point as endangered historial site"

June 26, 2002 Hyde Park Herald: "Promontory Point fight gains allies and dollars"

June 26, 2002 Hyde Park Herald: "Point, Woodlawn homes make preservation list"

May 24, 2002 Chicago Weekly News: "Engineer Hired to Examine Point" (Available only in the print edition)

May 21, 2002 Task Force Announcement: "Promontory Point Engineering Contract Signed"

May 10, 2002 Chicago Maroon: "Army Corps to Excavate Point"

March 6, 2002 Windy City Times: "Chipping Away At History: Belmont Rocks Limestone Part of Lakefront Beauty"

February 28, 2002 Chicago Weekly News: "$20,000 Grant Awarded to Study Point"

February 4, 2002 Chicago Sun Times: "Lakefront Rehab Plan Gets Rocky Reception"

October 24, 2001 Hyde Park Herald: "Abolt: City will not renege on Point plan concessions"

October 3, 2001 Hyde Park Herald: article on Point meeting of Oct. 1, 2001

October 3, 2001 Hyde Park Herald: Editorial

October 2, 2001 Chicago Maroon: "Residents reject latest plans for the Point"

October 2, 2001 Chicago Tribune: "Promontory Point work could stall; Residents oppose concrete sea wall"

June 2001 University of Chicago Magazine: "Hyde Park residents no longer afraid of missing The Point"

February 5, 2001 http://www.newstips.org/2-05-01.htm

January 17, 2001 Chicago Sun Times: "Lakefront Plan Sparks Anger"