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HPNA General Meeting
July 11th Agenda
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Homes Tour Numbers (information courtesy of HPNA Treasurer Mike Capochiano)
Saturday Attendance
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| July, 2005 National Register District Neighborhood Vol. 31, No. 7 |
Last year we celebrated thirty years as an organization. This year we celebrated thirty years of showing our homes.
Recently someone asked if the two milestones were separate and distinct. They are in a sense, but in another sense they are one and the same. The Hyde Park Neighborhood Association was started in 1974 by people who wanted to preserve the neighborhood. In 1975 those same people walked with neighbors, and soon-to-be
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neighbors, showing them
the beauty they saw in Hyde Park. That was the first homes tour. Some
say Dorothy Richter gave the first tour, and that she would point out
the houses and how beautiful they were even though they were run
down and some uninhabited. Many of these homes were torn down. The
HPNA stopped that, and other people in the Association did their part.
This year we were lucky to have on the tour the home of two of those pre-21st century pioneers. I was lucky to meet Margot and Grant Thomas (owners of 4106 Ave. F since 1976) during my first venture into Hyde Park many years ago. Margot was, and still is, the greatest promoter for this neighborhood. Indeed, I got my first introduction to the `hood from Margot. I did not live here then, but after that, I knew I would some day. And then there is Grant, who |
Oops, I am supposed to be talking about the Neighborhood Association or the Homes Tour. But as I said, I think they are inextricably linked. On this tour we got to see some homes of neighbors who through the years have put their hearts into Hyde Park. Cindy Agee and John Spence (200 W. 40th) have long seen the value of the neighborhood and have invested their time and energy over twenty years. Am I talking about a homes tour, or am I talking about a neighborhood Continued on page 3
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