Streetwise Chicago

Author	: Don Hayner
Publisher	: Wild Onion Books
Total Pages	: 184
Release	: 1988
ISBN-10	: UOM:39015019980013
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Book Synopsis Streetwise Chicago by : Don Hayner

Download or read book Streetwise Chicago written by Don Hayner and published by Wild Onion Books. This book was released on 1988 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the fascinating world of Chicago street names! Did you know that Ainslie Street was named after a real estate developer whose widow, in 1848, left for California to pan for gold with a new husband? Or did you know that Crandon Avenue was named for a prohibitionist congressional candidate who lost to his opponent in 1882 by a vote of 11,686 to 663?

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