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Article: Taking Sides on Neighborhood Pride; In Chicago, Streetscape's Gay Designation Divides a Community
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- The Washington Post
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- November 29, 1997
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When the city's transportation department this fall announced a
streetscape project for North Halsted Street that included
references to the street's history as the heart of the local gay
community, it touched off a debate between residents and commercial
property owners that comes down to this: "Who's neighborhood is it,
anyway?"
Over the past two months the office of Mayor Richard M.
Daley has received hundreds of letters and petitions with thousands
of signatures both supporting and denouncing the project. Two public
meetings, described as "loud" and "heated" by participants, have
been held and the press has had a field day.
"This is the biggest thing to happen to this ...