The new Jewish Community Center buildings–one costing $1, 504,500 and the other to cost $250,000–are to be built in Chicago from the proceeds of a $7,350,000 United Building Fund campaign launched by the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, it was reported today.
The $1, 504, 500 Center will be erected in the West Rogers Park area. The smaller one will be built on the far South Side. The Federation’s $7,350,000 campaign will provide for additional buildings, additions and remodeling of seven of the 12 medical and social welfare institutions affiliated with Federation.
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