Push to Rename Lake Shore Drive for DuSable Faces Bumpy Road
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Chicago aldermen talk about whether Lake Shore Drive should be renamed.
Renaming 17 miles of Lake Shore Drive for Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, Chicago’s first permanent non-Indigenous settler, would be a massive undertaking without precedent in the city’s history, city officials told aldermen Friday. We discuss the ordinance with Alds. David Moore and Brian Hopkins.
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Push to Rename Lake Shore Drive for DuSable Faces Bumpy Road
Clip: 12/14/2020 | 7m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Renaming 17 miles of Lake Shore Drive for Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, Chicago’s first permanent non-Indigenous settler, would be a massive undertaking without precedent in the city’s history, city officials told aldermen Friday. We discuss the ordinance with Alds. David Moore and Brian Hopkins.
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