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Benji Wilson

CTL-P-0382 · Person

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Combined Graph record U-01826 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0382. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

City of Chicago Ordinance SO2022-1617 (Office of the City Clerk document tracking sheet, City Council meeting May 23, 2022, sponsor Ald. Sawyer, Ward 6) ordains, under Municipal Code Section 2-8-040, the honorary street designation of East 78th Street, between South Eberhart Avenue and South Rhodes Avenue, as "Benji Wilson Way". The Honorary Chicago catalog corroborates: its profile post states "Honorary Benji Wilson Way" at the same location, Approved: May 2022, Ward 6, Chatham, and cites record 20221617 (fetched in full 2026-10-17).

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City of Chicago Ordinance SO2022-1617 (Office of the City Clerk document tracking sheet, City Council meeting May 23, 2022, sponsor Ald. Sawyer, Ward 6) ordains, under Municipal Code Section 2-8-040, the honorary street designation of East 78th Street, between South Eberhart Avenue and South Rhodes Avenue, as "Benji Wilson Way".

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City of Chicago Ordinance SO2022-1617 (Office of the City Clerk document tracking sheet, City Council meeting May 23, 2022, sponsor Ald. Sawyer, Ward 6) ordains, under Municipal Code Section 2-8-040, the honorary street designation of East 78th Street, between South Eberhart Avenue and South Rhodes Avenue, as "Benji Wilson Way". The Honorary Chicago catalog corroborates: its profile post states "Honorary Benji Wilson Way" at the same location, Approved: May 2022, Ward 6, Chatham, and cites record 20221617 (fetched in full 2026-10-17).

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