CULTURETECHLENSSamuel Julian Lay
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Combined Graph record U-02010 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0567. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Enacted honorary designation ordinance O2024-0008335 (passed 2024-04-17); sign name as recorded: 'Samuel Julian Lay Way'; Chicago Councilmatic legislative record (tier 1), https://chicago.councilmatic.org/legislation/o2024-0008335/; retrieved via live browser 2026-10-17. This record establishes the sign link the repair queue had open. The separate identity question — whether the Samuel Julian Lay honored by this sign is the blues drummer Sam Lay — is NOT settled by this record and remains open. Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (prior basis: http://bluesoterica.com/blues-hall-of-fame-biographies) 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 O2024-0008335 (passed 2024-04-17); sign name as recorded: 'Samuel Julian Lay Way'; Chicago Councilmatic legislative record (tier 1), https://chicago.councilmatic.org/legislation/o2024-0008335/; retrieved via live browser 2026-10-17. This record establishes the sign link the repair queue had open. The separate identity question — whether the Samuel Julian Lay honored by this sign is the blues drummer Sam Lay — is NOT settled by this record and remains open.
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- https://chicago.councilmatic.org/legislation/o2024-0008335/ (verification source · master store)
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Enacted honorary designation ordinance O2024-0008335 (passed 2024-04-17); sign name as recorded: 'Samuel Julian Lay Way'; Chicago Councilmatic legislative record (tier 1), https://chicago.councilmatic.org/legislation/o2024-0008335/; retrieved via live browser 2026-10-17. This record establishes the sign link the repair queue had open. The separate identity question — whether the Samuel Julian Lay honored by this sign is the blues drummer Sam Lay — is NOT settled by this record and remains open. Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (prior basis: http://bluesoterica.com/blues-hall-of-fame-biographies) 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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