Posted on 06/26/2021 11:59:50 AM PDT by Libloather
The Chicago City Council on Friday voted to rename its Lake Shore Drive expressway in honor of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, the first non-Indigenous settler in the area who has been recognized as one of the city's founders.
In a 33-15 vote, the council approved renaming the road, "Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive," keeping the original label in the new name as part of a compromise among council members.
Council member David Moore, one of the leading aldermen pushing for the name change, said this week, "None of us would be here, including Lake Shore Drive, if this city wasn't founded by Jean Baptiste Point du Sable," according to local NBC affiliate WMAQ.
After the change passed Friday, Moore told ABC affiliate WLS, "It's not so much the weight off my shoulders. It's these babies that I fight for."
"That's what it's all about. These babies and giving them hope when they take a drive down: hope. When they take a drive down: unity," he added.
Among those who opposed the change was Ald. Brian Hopkins, who said some residents in the state support preserving "the tradition, the legacy, the attractiveness of the name."
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) had also initially opposed the plan, arguing that the Lake Shore Drive name was too well-known and associated with the city to be changed.
According to WLS, Lightfoot had originally pushed to instead invest $40 million to build a park, rename part of the Riverwalk and put in place statues honoring DuSable.
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Fittingly enough, on the feast of the Birth of St. John the Baptist.
Well that easily rolls off the tongue
Colonizer.
Think of all the bullet proof vests they could buy...
Will they be adding a statue of George Floyd to the mix in their new $40 million dollar park? *SMIRK*
Good thing Chicago has solved all of their black on black murder cases, so they have time for this really important stuff! *SPIT*
When will the howls of rage start over separation of Church and State? Did they not realize that “John the Baptist” has ... religious connotations?
That’s going to take up two address lines on an Amazon label (hope people there don’t also have to add a suite # or apartment #). How are they going to fit that all on the street signs?
Yet more proof of white supremacy, white colonization of the indigenous lands.
1619 and all that.
— uh wait.
[they can’t even keep their stories straight. America is indelibly racist and white supremacist. The number two city in the nation (for centuries) was founded by a black man]
My goodness! Lori Lightfoot actually displayed some common sense on this issue - until she caved.
If it hadn’t been founded by him, it would’ve been founded by someone else.
Just call it LSD on the label. If the mailman is from Chicago, it will get to the right address.
Why don’t they just go ahead and rename the whole city of Chicago ?
There could be a contest, choosing between the names of 12 dead, black criminals.
So renaming the road gives the babies hope?
Oh, I see what they’ve done. Just added “Jean Baptiste Point DuSable” onto “Lake Shore Drive”. People will still call it Lake Shore Drive.
“Just slippin’ on by on JBPDSLSD, Friday night trouble bound...”
Rolls right off the tongue, doesn’t it. 🤢
>>Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive
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Well that easily rolls off the tongue<<
That council meeting will be the last time any human being actually SAYS that name although they will drop a cool 40MM to make signs proclaiming their virtue. It will be “Lake Shore Drive” forever.
Do they think renaming the elevated line to “the gorge floyd malcolm x trayvon martin whites are the devil” people will not just keep calling it “the L?”
Jeeze I hope someone there is not lurking and takes this as a real suggestion.
I wonder how long until downtown Chicago empties out of the big companies?
Lol!
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