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Here we go again.
Chicago aldermen spending time and resources to come up with yet another questionable city ordinance that they feel is good for the residents of Chicago. Another ordinance that allows them to pat themselves on the back and feel good about being “woke.” See, they say, we’re giving the Black community what they so desperately need.
They want to change the name of Lake Shore Drive to honor Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Chicago’s first permanent non-Indigenous settler.
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Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, a Black man, was the first permanent, non-indigenous settler of the land that would become the great metropolis of Chicago.
On Thursday, the Chicago City Council Transportation Committee voted to rename Outer Lake Shore Drive, a 17-mile stretch from Hollywood Avenue to 67th Street, in honor of DuSable.
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The aldermanic push to re-christen the Drive comes over the objections of Mayor Lori Lightfoot. She is pitching an alternative. She promises $25 million to complete DuSable Park, rename the city’s Riverwalk and create an exhibit there in DuSable’s honor. That’s not nearly enough.
Published April 30, 2021 •
Updated on April 30, 2021 at 1:55 pm
Charlie Wojciechowski
A proposal to rename a stretch of Chicago s Lake Shore Drive is one step closer to reality after a City Council committee voted to approve the measure in a meeting that was contentious and at times profane.
The Chicago City Council Committee on Transportation met Thursday to consider an ordinance to rename a portion of Lake Shore Drive as Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Drive. Don t miss local breaking news and weather! Download our mobile app for iOS or Android and sign up for alerts.
The ordinance was initially introduced by 17th Ward Ald. David Moore and co-sponsored by several other Chicago City Council members to rename the iconic roadway after Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, who arrived in Chicago in 1790 and was likely the first permanent non-Native American settler of the area.
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