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IL HR0753
Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/14/2020
Primary Sponsor
Lindsey LaPointe
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AI Summary
- Urges the City of Chicago to honorarily rename the section of Harlem Avenue from Foster Avenue to Grand Avenue as "Via Italia"
- Recognizes Little Italy as one of Chicago's most vibrant communities with strong Italian-American heritage evident through restaurants, the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, and historic Roman Catholic churches
- Notes the neighborhood's transformation from predominantly Italian immigrants in the 19th and 20th centuries to a diverse community with various ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds
- Acknowledges the area's recent history of urban renewal including expressway construction in the 1950s, University of Illinois at Chicago development in the 1960s, and public housing demolition in the 1990s-2000s
- Identifies Harlem Avenue on Chicago's Northwest Side and neighboring Elmwood Park as currently containing the largest concentration of Italian businesses and residents in present-day Chicago
Legislative Description
LITTLE ITALY-CHICAGO
Last Action
Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
6/23/2020
Committee Referrals
Rules6/23/2020
Transportation, Regulation, Roads & Bridges2/25/2020
Rules2/18/2020
Full Bill Text
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