CULTURETECHLENSLarry Thurm
VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-01934 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0491. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
The designation ordinance (City Clerk OCC storage) standardizes North Oak Park Avenue, from West Barry Avenue to Wellington Avenue, as 'Honorary Coach Larry (Lawrence) Thurm Way'; sponsor Gilbert Villegas, Alderman, 36th Ward. The fetched text prints no ordinance number or passage date; the stored approval year 2024 rests on the Honorary Chicago catalog (prior basis, retained). Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (Honorary Chicago catalog: http://www.honorarychicago.com/blog/tag/Chicago+Born) under CTL-MTH-001/002/003 on the strength of the designation ordinance text itself (fetched in full 2026-10-17).
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The designation ordinance (City Clerk OCC storage) standardizes North Oak Park Avenue, from West Barry Avenue to Wellington Avenue, as 'Honorary Coach Larry (Lawrence) Thurm Way'; sponsor Gilbert Villegas, Alderman, 36th Ward. The fetched text prints no ordinance number or passage date; the stored approval year 2024 rests on the Honorary Chicago catalog (prior basis, retained). Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (Honorary Chicago catalog: http://www.honorarychicago.com/blog/tag/Chicago+Born) under CTL-MTH-001/002/003 on the strength of the designation ordinance text itself (fetched in full 2026-10-17).
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- https://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/matterattachmentspublic/52017a64-4023-4e54-b45f-a8fd6851233e.pdf (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
The designation ordinance (City Clerk OCC storage) standardizes North Oak Park Avenue, from West Barry Avenue to Wellington Avenue, as 'Honorary Coach Larry (Lawrence) Thurm Way'; sponsor Gilbert Villegas, Alderman, 36th Ward. The fetched text prints no ordinance number or passage date; the stored approval year 2024 rests on the Honorary Chicago catalog (prior basis, retained). Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (Honorary Chicago catalog: http://www.honorarychicago.com/blog/tag/Chicago+Born) under CTL-MTH-001/002/003 on the strength of the designation ordinance text itself (fetched in full 2026-10-17).
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