Alderman calls for renaming Columbus Drive as Barack Obama Drive
CHICAGO -- A new proposed Chicago ordinance would rename Columbus Drive downtown to honor former President Barack Obama.Ald. Lamont Robinson introduced the ordinance to the City Council Committee on Transportation and Public Way Wednesday. It would name the entirety of Columbus Drive – which changes names from Fairbanks Court at Grand Avenue in Streeterville, and runs south across a Chicago River bridge and down through the middle of Grant Park.
Three Columbus monuments also previously stood in Chicago – but they have been in storage since then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot had them taken down in 2020. This followed a year of racial reckoning that included protests at the statues.Other major Chicago thoroughfares have also seen name changes in recent years in honor of Black Chicago history makers.
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