CULTURETECHLENSRichard Cotovsky
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Combined Graph record U-01996 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0553. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Enacted honorary designation ordinance O2016-572 (passed 2016-02-10); sign name as recorded: 'Honorary Richard Cotovsky Way'; Chicago Councilmatic legislative record (tier 1), https://chicago.councilmatic.org/legislation/o2016-572/; retrieved via live browser 2026-10-17. Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (Honorary Chicago catalog: http://www.honorarychicago.com/blog/2016/4/15/honorary-richard-cotovsky-way) 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 O2016-572 (passed 2016-02-10); sign name as recorded: 'Honorary Richard Cotovsky Way'; Chicago Councilmatic legislative record (tier 1), https://chicago.councilmatic.org/legislation/o2016-572/; retrieved via live browser 2026-10-17. Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (Honorary Chicago catalog: http://www.honorarychicago.com/blog/2016/4/15/honorary-richard-cotovsky-way) 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 O2016-572 (passed 2016-02-10); sign name as recorded: 'Honorary Richard Cotovsky Way'; Chicago Councilmatic legislative record (tier 1), https://chicago.councilmatic.org/legislation/o2016-572/; retrieved via live browser 2026-10-17. Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (Honorary Chicago catalog: http://www.honorarychicago.com/blog/2016/4/15/honorary-richard-cotovsky-way) 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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