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16 Hyde Park Herald, February 26, 2014A good night for historyAbove: Hyde Park Historical Society Jean Block Award winners Susan O’ConnorDavis and John Vinci, who received the award for the book “Chicago’s Historic HydePark,” at the society’s annual dinner. Davis addresses the audience while acceptingthe award. Vinci is an internationally renowned architect and restored the society’sheadquarters, a former waiting room for cable cars, and built the award-winning,modernist South Kenwood home of Davis and her husband, Allison Davis, and theirfamily. Susan O’Connor Davis is the principal author of the book and produces amonthly column, “Lost Hyde Park,” for the Herald.Below: Richardson (left) and Janice Spofford (center) receive the Presidents Awardfor the restoration of their Howard Van Doren Shaw house and for their years ofservice to the community. The award was presented by Hyde Park Historical SocietyPresident, Ruth Knack (far right).Top right: (Left to right) State Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie (D-25), Mary Ann Johnson,Pat Spear and Toni Holden-McGhee.Middle right: Hyde Park Historical Society board member Jack Spicer (right)presents the University of Chicago, represented by James Hennessy, associate vicepresident for Commercial Real Estate, an award for the restoration and rehabilitationof the Harper Theater Building, 5238 S. Harper Ave.Spencer Bibbs