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Wednesday, April 17
Just when you thought there couldn't be more honorary street signs in Chicago, we get another one. But this one should be a no-brainer, and maybe should have existed for decades. There is now a Jane Addams-Hull House street which also happens to be a stretch of South Halsted Street between Harrison Street and Roosevelt Road. Hopefully this will make it easier for tourists to find the Hull House since you can't get nearer Mesopotamia on King Sargon Drive.