[thackney]

The same way as a block of North Carpenter Street in Chicago was designated "Honorary Oprah Winfrey Way" Or Empire Way changed to Martin Luther King Way in Seattle.

Were those names changed by the locals? Or by Federal politicians thousands of miles away that would never visit and force the name on the locals?

[jonrick46]

Seattle Mayor Charles Royer and the City Council changed the name for Empire Way to Martin Luther King Way—after a lawsuit against it by the Merchants Association was tossed out by the State Supreme Court.

Honorary Oprah Winfrey Way was named as one of his final acts by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. Winfrey’s honorary street designation was never approved by the City Council’s Transportation Committee. Ironically, the Harpo Studios in Chicago, where she filmed “The Oprah Winfrey Show” for more than 20 years where the street was named, was closed. Could not find anywhere if the Chicago City Council’s Transportation Committee finally approved the name change.