CULTURETECHLENSShel Silverstein
VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-02013 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0570. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Two City Clerk ordinance documents: (1) the original designation ordinance (passed March 20, 2024, C.J.P. p. 10431; sponsor Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, 33rd Ward; https://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/matterattachmentspublic/9264e70c-200b-4630-a6db-abed49e6f805.pdf) standardizing the segment from the Northwest corner of North Kimball Avenue and West Wilson Avenue to the Southeast corner of West Wilson Avenue and North Saint Louis Avenue as 'Shel Silverstein Way'; (2) the amendment ordinance of June 12, 2024 (this stamp's source) deleting the St. Louis endpoint and inserting 'Southwest corner of Kimball and Leland'. The stored segment (Kimball, Wilson to Leland) is correct as amended. Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (Honorary Chicago catalog: http://www.honorarychicago.com/blog/tag/Veterans) under CTL-MTH-001/002/003 on the strength of the designation and amendment ordinance texts themselves (fetched in full 2026-10-17).
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Two City Clerk ordinance documents: (1) the original designation ordinance (passed March 20, 2024, C.J.P. p. 10431; sponsor Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, 33rd Ward; https://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/matterattachmentspublic/9264e70c-200b-4630-a6db-abed49e6f805.pdf) standardizing the segment from the Northwest corner of North Kimball Avenue and West Wilson Avenue to the Southeast corner of West Wilson Avenue and North Saint Louis Avenue as 'Shel Silverstein Way'; (2) the amendment ordinance of June 12, 2024 (this stamp's source) deleting the St. Louis endpoint and inserting 'Southwest corner of Kimball and Leland'.
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- https://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/matterattachmentspublic/484429ce-d884-43d2-ac14-f606da501449.pdf (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Two City Clerk ordinance documents: (1) the original designation ordinance (passed March 20, 2024, C.J.P. p. 10431; sponsor Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, 33rd Ward; https://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/matterattachmentspublic/9264e70c-200b-4630-a6db-abed49e6f805.pdf) standardizing the segment from the Northwest corner of North Kimball Avenue and West Wilson Avenue to the Southeast corner of West Wilson Avenue and North Saint Louis Avenue as 'Shel Silverstein Way'; (2) the amendment ordinance of June 12, 2024 (this stamp's source) deleting the St. Louis endpoint and inserting 'Southwest corner of Kimball and Leland'. The stored segment (Kimball, Wilson to Leland) is correct as amended. Upgraded 2026-10-17 from STRONG EVIDENCE (Honorary Chicago catalog: http://www.honorarychicago.com/blog/tag/Veterans) under CTL-MTH-001/002/003 on the strength of the designation and amendment ordinance texts themselves (fetched in full 2026-10-17).
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