Ask Geoffrey: How Many Streets Are Named for Chicago Mayors?
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Geoffrey Baer looks at how Chicago honors its mayors of the past.
More than 2,800 streets make up Chicago’s famous grid, and city planners and developers drew the streets’ names from all sorts of people and places -- including some of our own politicians. Geoffrey Baer has details.
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Ask Geoffrey: How Many Streets Are Named for Chicago Mayors?
Clip: 4/3/2019 | 7m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
More than 2,800 streets make up Chicago’s famous grid, and city planners and developers drew the streets’ names from all sorts of people and places -- including some of our own politicians. Geoffrey Baer has details.
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