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Chicago Honorary Street Signs

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Brown honorary street signs; program formalized 1984; cataloged by Honorary Chicago, which states its dataset is the largest and most comprehensive of honorary street names

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Brown honorary street signs; program formalized 1984; cataloged by Honorary Chicago, which states its dataset is the largest and most comprehensive of honorary street names

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Brown honorary street signs of the City of Chicago: commemorative street co-names on brown signs titled 'Honorary' with four six-point stars from the Chicago municipal flag; the City Council adopted the ordinance standardizing honorary streets on December 3, 1984 (stored year 1984 confirmed); Honorary Chicago states it has collected the largest and most comprehensive dataset of honorary street names, locations, and biographies

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