Evert Kincaid Collection–Newspaper Clippings (1946-1963)

(in chronological order)

 

Title/Subject Author Newspaper Date Notes
“Kelly Group Offers Plan – Find Cost Blocking New Flats” Circa 1946 This is probably from the Chicago Daily News
“Ask 100,000 Homes Here in ’46 – High Goal Fixed by Planners” Tom Vickerman Chicago Daily News March 9, 1946
“Kelly Aids Ask City Bond Issue of 185 Millions” Chicago Tribune April 3, 1946
“Flats Rather than Houses Seen Vet Need” Journal of Commerce April 9, 1946
“Experts Picture a ‘Dream City’, Chicago of 1965” Ray Brennan Chicago Times May 25, 1946
“Here’s ‘Guide Plan’ for New and Greater Chicago – Public is Invited to Make Comments” Tom Vickerman Chicago Daily News May 25, 1946 Two copies
“Chicago of 1965 Placed on Map for All to See” Chicago Tribune May 26, 1946
“Long Range Plan for Use of City Land Given to Kelly” Leonard Castle Chicago Sun May 26, 1946
“Chicago Blueprint Up for Public Review” Dorothea Kahn Christian Science Monitor June 5, 1946
“Chicago of the Future Planned as a Cluster of Happy Suburbs” William J. Conway Quincy Herald-Whig June 16, 1946
“Future Chicago May Be Cluster of Small Towns” San Francisco Examiner June 16, 1946
“Explains LaBuy Plan to Rebuild Blighted Area – Kincaid Details Program to Civic Leaders” Chicago Tribune June 21, 1946 Includes picture of Evert Kincaid with scale model of plan
“Chicago Plans to Split City into 59 Small Towns” New York Herald Tribune July 7, 1946
“A Plan for Redeveloping a Blighted Northwest Side Neighborhood” Chicago Tribune July 7, 1946
“Redevelopment Laws Aid Slum Areas” Christian Science Monitor July 8, 1946
“Release New Plan for Chicago” Northwest Press July 10, 1946
“Chicago Grows in Beauty as it Plans, Builds, Plans Again” E.B. Garnett Kansas City Star August 11, 1946
“Dry Vote Takes Six Districts, Loses in Eight” Chicago Tribune November 7, 1946
“Blight on City’s Life” Thomas Furlong Chicago Tribune November 17, 1946
“Chicago Declares War on Blight” Thomas Furlong Chicago Tribune November 25, 1946 Two copies
“City Planners Put Apartments First in Housing Goal – Single-Family Dwellings should Wait, Commission Reports” Frank Siudzinski Chicago Daily News November 30, 1946
“All-Developing Body for Blight Areas is Urged – Would Limit Authority to Clearance for Builders” Chicago Tribune December 1, 1946
“End Housing Chaos, City Council Urged” Chicago Herald-American December 1, 1946
“Planners Urge More Housing” Chicago Herald-American December 1, 1946
“Small Flats Here Called Too Few – Report Finds Too Many Big Houses” Chicago Sun December 1, 1946
“More Homes in a Better City” December 2, 1946
“Take Curbs Off Home Building Plan Chief Asks” Chicago Tribune December 2, 1946
“Quantity in Chicago Housing Seen Meeting Over-All Needs” Dorothea Kahn Christian Science Monitor December 4, 1946
“Houses, Anyway – New Housing Project for Vets” Chicago Daily News December 17, 1946
“Historical Society Members to Hear Plan Director – H.E. Kincaid of Chicago Commission will Speak in South Shore Tonight” Circa 1947
“How New Mercy Hospital Will Look” Chicago Sun Circa 1947
“Chicago District Maps War on Slums – by Prevention” Dorothea Kahn Christian Science Monitor Circa January, 1947
“Woodlawn Plan to Rebuild Area Put in Motion” Chicago Tribune January 19, 1947
“Woodlawn Residents Given Design for a Better Way to Live” William R. Miner Chicago Sun January 19, 1947
“Woodlawn Plan Details Reviewed – Held Chart to Achieve Better Area” Southtown Economist January 23, 1947
“Half of Chicago Found Facing Blight Menace – Plan Commission Chairman Cites Woodlawn as Example of Neglected Areas” New York Herald-Tribune January 27, 1946
“Report Urges Tax Relief for Rental Housing” New York Herald-Tribune January 27, 1947
“Group to Sell City Planning” Frank E. Siudzinski Chicago Daily News March 28, 1947
“Cut in Street Space Urged in Slum Plan – Kinkaid * Proposes Use of more Land for Recreation” James M. Haswell Chicago Daily News Circa September 13, 1947
“City Takes Over Surface and ‘L’ Lines this Week – 10 Year Modernization to Cost 150 Millions” William Shinnick Chicago Tribune September 28, 1947
“Chicago Sets Sights for Modernized City at Building Congress” Christian Science Monitor September 29, 1947 Two copies
“Public Works Parley Opens this Morning – Several Hundred Persons Here for 53rd Annual Session of Group” Jacksonville, Florida Times-Union October 6, 1947
“Public Works Group Opens Meeting Here – Talks by David Lee and H.E. Kincaid Feature Initial Sessions” Jacksonville, Florida Times-Union October 7, 1947
“Chicago Plan Head to Talk in Irving Park – Albany Park Club to Visit Science Museum” Chicago Tribune November 2, 1947
“Chamber of Commerce Men Put Aside All Duties to Hear Planner Kincaid” Daily Calumet November 15, 1947
“Kincaid to Reveal S.C. Plans Wed. – Chamber Commerce Guests at Bowen High School ; May Change By-Laws” Daily Calumet November 18, 1947
“Kincaid is Optimistic of Future – Reveals Alternate S.E. Highway; Business Men Guests Bowen High School” Daily Calumet November 20, 1947
“Experts Review Planning Problems” and “City Urged to Bid for New Industries by Plan Expert” Rockford Monthly Star December 6, 1947
“Kincaid Quits City Plan Post” Chicago Times January 9, 1948
“Kincaid Quits as Planning Director” Chicago Daily News January 9, 1948
“2 City Planning Officials Resign” Chicago Herald-American January 9, 1948
“Meet Your New Neighbor” Frank Carioti Chicago Daily News Circa 1950
“Park Forest Grows into City of 16,000” Thomas Buck Chicago Tribune June 6, 1952 Includes complete Park Forest section, stored at rear of folder
Photograph of Class of 1928 Reunion Illinois Alumni News October, 1953 Includes handwritten commentary from Evert Kincaid
“Adopt All of Kincaid Plan” Gary Post-Tribune July 20, 1955
“How City Planning Protects Mundelein” Robert M. Johnston, Jr. Chicago Daily News April 11, 1957
“Needed – New Look for the Downtown” Arlington Heights, Illinois Herald February 6, 1958 Includes most of front page
“Planner Tells how Village can Guide Future Growth” Hester Kline February 6, 1958
Photograph of ground breaking for Mounds Apartments San Mateo Times October 6, 1958
“‘Paradise Plan’ Offered for San Mateo Future” San Mateo Times June 3, 1959
“Go Ahead – Or Back Clear Up” The Advance-Star and Green Sheet, Burlingame, California June 14, 1959
“San Mateo City Zoning Code is Adopted at Last” San Mateo Times September 20, 1961 Two copies
“Kincaid Backs Laurelwood – ‘I Designed Commercial Apartments'” San Mateo Times December 1, 1961
“Embattled Official Defends Views; Referendum OK’d” The Advance-Star and Green Sheet, Burlingame, California December 13, 1961
Letter to Editor about San Mateo Zoning Plan Ed Christensen San Mateo Times December 22, 1961
“The Vertical Earthquake” Herb Caen San Francisco Chronicle 1962
“Gianini Memorial Opens” March 8, 1963
“Two are Gone, but not their Dreams” The Advance-Star and Green Sheet, Burlingame, California Circa October, 1963
Obituary of H. Evert Kincaid San Mateo Times October 5, 1963

* Kincaid’s last name was Kincaid not “Kinkaid”