Promontory Point News Clippings
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"