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'Our kinda town' has a North Ave. that was (if I remember kerrecktly), at the time of "The Fire", the northern border of the city (which became immediately meaningless when the land stood scorched), and 'til the turn of the 20th century, Western Ave was the western border. There is no east Chicago unless you mean the town East Chicago which isn't actually® east of Chicago and not even in Illinois... which explains why the neighborhood 'South Chicago' is what *we call "The East Side".  edit: beware all you geographical nitpickers, I'm a northsider.
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While not exactly the same, this is a true story, and happened in Fairfax County, Virginia about 25 years ago. The Board of Supervisors controls the county road system, and they wanted to get rid of a certain street, so they passed a resolution calling for the vacation of Andrews Drive (may not have been andrews, just an illustration.)
Two weeks later the Public Works Department proudly erected new street signs for the renamed street:
Vacation of Andrews Drive
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Vacation of Andrews Drive
Reminds me of street signs I've seen in Cambridge, Mass. Again, not actual names, just for illustration.
Brown St. (formerly Smith St., 1793)
Brought up images of someone who had great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandaddy's address book and sent letters to great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandaddy's friend's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson.
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Faldage, I think you've been misled by visions of greatness. My grandfather's great great grandfather (i.e., my great great great great grandfather) fought in the Peninsular War, and according to family legend brought back a Spanish wife.
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misled by visions of greatness
But who's counting?
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What was the Peninsular War, please?
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Thanks, Faldage. Mercy me, the world would be a better place if people weren't so greedy.
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