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Lorraine R. Broyls

CTL-P-0502 · Person

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Combined Graph record U-01945 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0502. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Enacted honorary designation ordinance O2017-3270 (passed 2017-05-24); sign name as recorded: 'Dr. Lorraine R. Broyls Way'; Chicago Councilmatic legislative record (tier 1), https://chicago.councilmatic.org/legislation/o2017-3270/; retrieved via live browser 2026-10-17. sign includes title 'Dr.'; an earlier attempt O2017-2004 failed to pass 2019-05-29. Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (Honorary Chicago catalog: https://www.honorarychicago.com/blog?offset=1548533123365&category=street) under CTL-MTH-001/002/003 on the strength of the enacted designation ordinance record itself, per the tier-1 pattern established in wave 9.

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Enacted honorary designation ordinance O2017-3270 (passed 2017-05-24); sign name as recorded: 'Dr. Lorraine R. Broyls Way'; Chicago Councilmatic legislative record (tier 1), https://chicago.councilmatic.org/legislation/o2017-3270/; retrieved via live browser 2026-10-17. sign includes title 'Dr.'; an earlier attempt O2017-2004 failed to pass 2019-05-29. Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (Honorary Chicago catalog: https://www.honorarychicago.com/blog?offset=1548533123365&category=street) under CTL-MTH-001/002/003 on the strength of the enacted designation ordinance record itself, per the tier-1 pattern established in wave 9.

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Enacted honorary designation ordinance O2017-3270 (passed 2017-05-24); sign name as recorded: 'Dr. Lorraine R. Broyls Way'; Chicago Councilmatic legislative record (tier 1), https://chicago.councilmatic.org/legislation/o2017-3270/; retrieved via live browser 2026-10-17. sign includes title 'Dr.'; an earlier attempt O2017-2004 failed to pass 2019-05-29. Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (Honorary Chicago catalog: https://www.honorarychicago.com/blog?offset=1548533123365&category=street) under CTL-MTH-001/002/003 on the strength of the enacted designation ordinance record itself, per the tier-1 pattern established in wave 9.

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