The Newbern Building, Kansas City
As usual, Hyde Park Progress provides a thoughtful take on our neighborhood and the role of MAC Properties. They’ve done the legwork and connected the Hyde Parks — Chicago and Kansas City — providing insight and optimism.
On Sunday mornings in the late 1960s, Operation Breadbasket (Jesse Jackson’s most visible pulpit and the predecessor to Operation Push) on 47th Street would rock with preaching and music, often the Cannonball Adderley Quintet. Pianist Joe Zawinul wrote Country Preacher to honor Reverend Jesse; the album of the same name was released in 1969.
Couldn’t find any video; the music says it all.
The Quintet included: Zawinul, Cannonball/tenor sax; his brother, Nat/cornet, Walter Booker/bass, and Roy McCurdy/percussion.
Some of us were there.
For those who miss that special two square miles on Chicago’s South Side: Hyde Park Progress offers more on-the-ground realpolitik than any other venue I know. A particularly refreshing alternative to the Hyde Park Herald, and a compliment to the artsy-fartsy stuff on this site. Check out HPProgress’ recent post on Caryl Yasko’s Sisyphean efforts to refurbish underpass murals.
In today’s Washington Post, Peter Slevin writes a great piece about the neighborhood. Especially for those currently far away from what we call home.
Hyde Park Progress is a local blog that provides a forum for what are, in more genteel circumstances, called ‘town-gown’ issues. It’s smart and thoughtful and a good way to keep up on the University and the community, especially for readers at a distance.
Current post is of particular interest, discussion of a ‘third narrative’ for the University and the South Side.
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Check, Please! has a 2001 episode in which the President-elect talks about a soon-to-be lamented Hyde Park haunt.
This segment (unfortunately snipped) is from YouTube. The original will be rebroadcast Friday night (January 16) on PBS.
