Early Landscape Development
		The mid-nineteenth century inaugurated the development of the city's south lakefront.  Paul Cornell, a prosperous Chicago resident, launched
	a grand plan to establish an attractive weekend resort and suburban village beyond the growing metropolis of Chicago by promoting real estate development along the southern lakefront.  An agreement with the Illinois Central Railroad provided the railroad with a right-of-way in return for the promise to include a stop in the new community.  Thus Hyde Park, named after the London and New York townships, was established as an early suburb of Chicago.