I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, in South Shore, but spent a ton of time in nearby Hyde Park. I went shopping with my mom at the old Hyde Park Co-op (1933-2008). Visited the old Powell's Books (1970-present). Wandered around the University of Chicago. I loved the neighborhood.
If you share that passion, and you're a history buff, you might enjoy a pamphlet from the University of Chicago Library's 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair Archive. It's called Hyde Park, Gateway to a Century of Progress: Business Directory 1933. It features ads for all the local hotels and apartment houses - the Windermere, the Sherry, the Shoreland, the Poinsetta, and the Hotel Mira-Mar. There's an ad for the U of C bookstore – A Book for Every Mood; Stationery, Greeting Cards, Tennis Goods. The ad for the University itself advised auto drivers to take "Leif Erickson Drive to Fifty-ninth Street", surely baffling advice for the post-World War II Chicagoan. (Answer: it is now known as Lake Shore Drive.) And of course Illinois Central Hospital promised "Rates are very reasonable." (From a time when you looked for reasonable prices from your provider, rather than your insurer.)
There's also nice little history of the 'hood. Take a look here.