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Chicago's honorary brown street signs, days, and commemorative honors; the who, what, where, when and why. Honorary Chicago guide book, maps, biographies, history, trivia, tours, and gifts.
State Street looking north from Randolph Street
A special edition of the Honorary Chicago State Street tour will be featured by The Chicago History Museum - Chicago24 event on May 14. Buy tickets on the History Museum website. @ChicagoMuseum #ChicaGO24. This tour will begin at the Howard Washington Library Center.
About the Loop neighborhood
Ready for Michigan Avenue this Mother's Day? We are.
Honorary Chicago is offering tours of Michigan Avenue between Oak Street and 18th Street. Just look for the Honorary Chicago tour flag and join in.
Honorary Chicago tour flag refrigerator magnet
Participants receive a free Honorary Chicago tour flag refrigerator magnet.
Check out the wide selection of Honorary Chicago Hearts and Stripes Forever merchandise at L&A Studio 1620 S. Michigan Avenue and take home something mom will love.
Richard Cotovsky was the founder and Artistic Director of the Mary-Arrchie Theater Company, established 1986, a Chicago storefront theater in the Uptown neighborhood.
Read MoreWe are happy to announce that L&A Healing Studio now carries Honorary Chicago Guidebooks and the Chicago's widest selection of Hearts & Stripes Forever merchandise.
Come for the yoga, massage, and events; stay for the beautiful selection of work by local artisans.
Don't miss their South Loop Coffee Fest!
Alexander Esteban was three-year old who was killed by a drunk driver while walking with his 72-year old grandfather, who was also seriously injured.
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Pictured photo: Abel/Chicago Tribune Photographer
Read the Tribune article January 19, 2016. First page A&E.
It was such an honor to be interviewed by Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune reporter and author of Sidewalks with photographer Charles Osgood. As a fan of Chicago stories portrayed in words and light (and aluminum signs), I am delighted at the kindred spirits who collect and convey these tales of "Chicagoness". If you are among them - I invite you to join in and contact me at linda@honorarychicago.com
Passion for Chicago's honorary street names leads to a guide book https://t.co/LGM8EJ2jQo #wistem #1871chicago #upshow
— Honorary Chicago (@HonoraryChicago) January 19, 2016Walter Sojka established and ran the Walter L. Sojka Funeral Home in the Eckhart Park neighborhood for more than 60 years.
Read MoreJoseph Caldwell established Tailorite Cleaners which has been family owned and operated for more than 50 years.
Read MoreHonorary Chicago presents a tour of State Street for the Chicago History Museum - Chicago 24 event on May 14th.
Read MoreMeet Linda Zabors, the author of the Honorary Chicago Guidebook at a one day holiday event at the North Bridge on December 19th.
Read MoreEnter to win a copy of the new Honorary Chicago Guidebook in the Goodreads Giveaway.
Giveaway ends January 31, 2016.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
Joel Hall - Awakening the dancer in everyone's soul.
Posted by Honorary Chicago on Friday, December 4, 2015
Congratulations Joel!
Honorary Joel Hall Way is outside his dance studio at 5965 N. Clark Street
Signed limited edition copies of the Honorary Chicago Guidebook are available at Barnes & Nobel at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center.
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Featuring new and updated content, more images, and detailed maps of the streets you are most likely to encounter in downtown Chicago and several of the surrounding neighborhoods.
Always wondered who these people are behind Chicago's famous brown street signs. Great gift for anyone that wants to learn more about their hometown of Chicago.
- Amazon customer review
I bought this book to keep in my guest bedroom for out of town guests. I know a lot more Chicago history now, and am a better tour guide to friends who visit!
- Reader review by M. Smyth
Available now on Amazon and on Createspace and Goodreads
Shop Local - Ask for it in bookstores and gift stores near you
"A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret...
Posted by Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth on Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Visit Honorary Joel Hall Way outside the Joel Hall Dance Center
Joel Hall is a dancer, choreographer, instructor and director of the Joel Hall Dance Center.
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Their names are on brown honorary signs all over Chicago - but did you know that many of them also served in the United States military? Here are a few of the honorees and their branches of service. Click the map markers to learn more.
Jewel Stradford Lafontant in 1946 was the first African-American woman to earn a law degree from the University of Chicago. While a student she led protests and took legal action against local restaurants that discriminated against black patrons.
She began her legal career at the Legal Aid Society. In 1963 she won a case before the Supreme Court defending her client against a forced confession while in police custody. This was one of the cases which led to the 1966 adoption of the Miranda warnings to protect the rights of the accused.
Jewel Lafontant ascended to high ranks in the US government. In 1955 President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed her assistant US Attorney for the Illinois Northern District. She went on to become the highest ranking woman in President Richard Nixon's administration as US Deputy Solicitor General in 1973. In 1989 President George H. W. Bush appointed her ambassador-at-large for refugee affairs at the State Department.
Jewel Lafontant was on Ebony Magazine's list of the 100 most influential black Americans. She was also on the board of directors of several large companies and institutions. She served in leadership positions with the Chicago National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
The City of Chicago honored her with Jewel Stradford Lafontant Day in Chicago September 17, 2011 on the occasion of the dedication of her honorary street sign Jewel Stradford Lafontant Way.
Jewel Stradford Lafontant-Mankarious, April 28, 1922 – May 31, 1997.
Born in Chicago
Oberlin College
University of Chicago Law School
NYT Obituary http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/03/us/jewel-lafontant-mankarious-lawyer-and-us-official-dies.html
Lee Sandlin. A Chicago writer, essayist for the Chicago Reader and contributor to national publications. Author of several books
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