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Stoplight saga at 57th and Lake Shore Drive in Chicago
The piece traces who won credit for installing the 57th Street stoplight at Lake Shore Drive. It cites Alderman Ross Lathrop, Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference, and former Alderman Leon Despres, detailing decades of debate, city opposition, and eventual approval in 1975.
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Marcella Gewirth
Lathrop
5Th Ward
57Th
South Shore Drive
Fifth Ward Citizens Committee
City of Chicago
57Th and
South Lake Shore Drive
Ross Lathrop
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Despres
Fifth Ward Citizen Committee
the Herald
Leon Despres
Chicago Historical Society
Jackson Park
Lakefront
Lake Shore Drive
Chicago Park District
57Th Street
Mike Meshenberg
Lake Michigan
Public
Markhall
Markhall Suboway
Herald
City Council
Hyde Park
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Hyde Park Bank and Trust Co
Laurie Gungel
Mimi Asbury
Lawrence Moorehead