University of Chicago

CTL-E-0345 · Institution · other · unspecified

Verified evidence grade of this record

South Side research university whose 1958 Hyde Park–Kenwood Urban Renewal Plan demolished 638 buildings and displaced 4,000 families.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001, BCI-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BCI-001:uchicago, CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-142; source research type(s): Organization, institution. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

AAIHS — 'The University of Chicago, Urban Renewal, and the Black Community'
AAIHS; UChicago knowledge repository capstone project (2024)
S_cambridge; S_valladares; S_berose

Record CTL-E-0345 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: GLOBAL-001, BCI-001.
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