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    George K
    wrote on 26 Jun 2021, 21:45 last edited by
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    The Chicago City Council approved the renaming of Lake Shore Drive after a Black man considered by many to be the founder of Chicago.

    Lake Shore Drive will now be named Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive to honor Chicago's first non-native settler. Lake Shore Drive was kept in the name as a compromise.

    "They're trying to do the same thing that they did with the Willis Tower," said Otis Bryant, Chicago resident. "Honestly, everyone will still call it Lake Shore Drive."

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      Horace
      wrote on 26 Jun 2021, 21:52 last edited by
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      It’s about time. Lake Shore Drive? More like White Supremacy Drive.

      Education is extremely important.

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        Mik
        wrote on 26 Jun 2021, 22:52 last edited by
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        How in the woken world can you HONOR the first non native genocidal oppressor settler?

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 27 Jun 2021, 11:29 last edited by
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          I was going to ask the same question. Can’t imagine anyone is going to stop calling it Lake Shore Drive.

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • J jon-nyc
            27 Jun 2021, 11:29

            I was going to ask the same question. Can’t imagine anyone is going to stop calling it Lake Shore Drive.

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            George K
            wrote on 27 Jun 2021, 11:51 last edited by
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            @jon-nyc said in Lake Shore Drive renamed:

            I was going to ask the same question. Can’t imagine anyone is going to stop calling it Lake Shore Drive.

            It's still the Sears Tower to me, and always will be.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              jon-nyc
              wrote on 27 Jun 2021, 12:24 last edited by
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              Me too.

              And the Tappan Zee bridge.

              And the Pan Am building.

              Only non-witches get due process.

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                Copper
                wrote on 27 Jun 2021, 13:11 last edited by
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                Yes, to all of those

                And the Beatles landed at Idlewild

                But I guess I have called it JFK

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                  jon-nyc
                  wrote on 27 Jun 2021, 13:11 last edited by
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                  Oh and the Triboro bridge

                  Only non-witches get due process.

                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                  • C Copper
                    27 Jun 2021, 13:11

                    Yes, to all of those

                    And the Beatles landed at Idlewild

                    But I guess I have called it JFK

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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on 27 Jun 2021, 13:12 last edited by
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                    @copper said in Lake Shore Drive renamed:

                    Yes, to all of those

                    And the Beatles landed at Idlewild

                    But I guess I have called it JFK

                    Yeah it’s JFK to me. But I was born after the renaming.

                    But it’ll always be Washington National. No disrespect to our 40th president, it’s just how I always knew it.

                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                      Catseye3
                      wrote on 27 Jun 2021, 13:16 last edited by
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                      Always with the complaints. Be glad they didn't rename it Lori Lightfoot Lake Shore Drive.

                      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                        27 Jun 2021, 13:16

                        Always with the complaints. Be glad they didn't rename it Lori Lightfoot Lake Shore Drive.

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                        George K
                        wrote on 27 Jun 2021, 13:29 last edited by
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                        @catseye3 said in Lake Shore Drive renamed:

                        Be glad they didn't rename it Lori Lightfoot Lake Shore Drive.

                        Give 'em 40 years.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 27 Jun 2021, 13:39 last edited by
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                          They’ll rename the Edens or the Dan Ryan after Harold Washington first.

                          Only non-witches get due process.

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                            27 Jun 2021, 13:11

                            Oh and the Triboro bridge

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                            Catseye3
                            wrote on 28 Jun 2021, 00:24 last edited by
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                            @jon-nyc said in Lake Shore Drive renamed:

                            Oh and the Triboro bridge

                            Redskins, dammit.

                            Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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