WOOGMS

The Wellington-Oakdale Old Glory Marching Society (Woogms) has been hosting a neighborhood parade every Memorial Day and Labor Day since 1963. It continues to be hosted by local residents and features the Jesse White Tumblers and Drum Corps. Everyone participates in the parade by walking seven blocks with flags, family, kids, pets, bikes, and scooters.

The tagline of the parade is “Everyone marches, nobody watches!”
…except for the 2020 Memorial Day Woogms Parade, during the COVID-19 Pandemic, when “nobody marched, everyone watched.”

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Honorary Woogms alley

North Pine Grove Avenue between West Oakdale Avenue and West Wellington Avenue

 

Approved:

Ward: 44

Neighborhood: Lakeview

near
The starting point of the Woogms Parade

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Source

https://www.facebook.com/Woogms

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cSD4IyhIk/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://youtu.be/cfM0Yk8JcKw?si=pucgFV-PeXLstoCe

https://www.youtube.com/live/ME0JwesEIuo?si=4RKln5mOtdf5FZeJ

Honorary Chicago Guidebook, Second Edition, Michigan Avenue and Beyond

Honorary Chicago Guidebook Second Edition - Michigan Avenue and Beyond

Honorary Chicago Guidebook Second Edition Michigan Avenue and Beyond
A walking tour and collection of 82 signs

The Who, Where, and Why of Chicago’s Brown Honorary Street Signs

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Honorary Signs featured in this collection

The Magnificent Mile

Marilyn Miglin

Lester J. Anixter

Maurice Sternberg

Hugh M. Hefner

Jerrold Wexler

Mike Ditka

Dutchie Caray

George Sikokis

Today’s Chicago Woman

Fairfax Cone

Wilbert Williams

Marilyn Simpson

Mike Royko

Jack Brickhouse

Ann “Eppie” Landers

Philip M. Klutznick

Allen M. Turner

Norman H. Stone

Ida F. Stone

Diana Princess of Wales

Henry B. Betts MD

M. Cherif Bassiouni

Siskel & Ebert

Jesse White

Dantrell Davis

Owen McKeaney

Rock Group Chicago

Gilda’s Club

Ben Hecht

Carpenters Place

Roberta Lieberman

Paul Harvey

Miles L. Berger

Lawrence Pucci

Dick Biondi

John E. Swearengen

Jessie A. Woods

Jerome H. Stone

Holabird Place

John H. Bryan

Ed Paschke

Swami Vivekananda

Sir Georg Solti

Richard L. Thomas

Mike Alexandroff

John H. Johnson

Herman & Maurice Spertus

Jacqueline B. Vaughn

The Hundred Club

Harry G. Comerford

Phillip H. Corboy

Eugene Winkler

Marshall Field’s

Raoul Wallenberg

Carson Pirie Scott

Will S. Sider

Edward Brennan

Bob Fosse

Eugene P. Heytow

George S. Halas

James A. Lovell Jr.

Fazlur R Khan

Carol Fox

Abraham Lincoln Marovitz

Buddy Guy

Frankie Knuckles, Godfather of House Music

Chaka Khan

Lester Fisher

Dolores Mueller Bajda

Women & Children First

Ramon Garcia-Camilo

Eagle Scout

Ken Nordine

Ernest Jones

Lee Sandlin

Jane Addams Hull-House

Margie Poulos / Margie’s Candies

Lincoln James Sr

Oprah Winfrey

Milky Way

WOOGMS

Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda (born Narendranath Datta) was a delegate from India to the first Parliament of World Religions which was held in Chicago during the 1893 World’s Fair, the Columbian Exhibition. He was a Hindu monk who is credited with spreading Vedic traditions and Yoga to the West. His guru was Ramakrishna.

His speech “Sisters and Brothers of America,” which was given in the Art Institute building on September 11, 1893, called for religious tolerance and became famous around the world. The text of this speech was displayed in lights on the Grand Staircase of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011 installation called Public Notice 3 by artist Jitish Kallat. This exhibit was reprised in September 2024.

Note: This sign has been moved from it’s original location directly outside the Art Institute. Look for it on the southeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Monroe Street on the traffic light pole.

Honorary Swami Vivekananda Way was featured on WBEZ Curious City in 2024

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Honorary Swami Vivekananda WAY

Outside the Art Institute of Chicago on Michigan Avenue between Monroe Street and Jackson Street

 

Approved:

Ward: 42
Neighborhood: Michigan Avenue/Cultural Mile

b. January 12, 1863 in Calcutta, India
d. July 4, 1902. Age 39

near
The Art Institute of Chicago, the location of the 1893 Parliament of World Religions
111 S. Michigan Avenue

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Source

https://www.artic.edu/swami-vivekananda-and-his-1893-speech

https://www.artic.edu/articles/710/sisters-and-brothers-of-america-swami-vivekananda-in-chicago

https://chicagovedanta.org/sv.html

https://chicagovedanta.org/1893.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda

https://www.wbez.org/stories/seeing-things-jitish-kallats-public-notice-3/feaa07f9-1b60-4355-b754-269a51d8ba47?utm_medium=url_copy

Honorary Chicago Guidebook, Second Edition, Michigan Avenue and Beyond

Oprah Winfrey Way

Oprah Gail Winfrey was the founder and producer of the “Oprah Winfrey Show,” a nationally syndicated daytime television talk show from 1986 to 2011. She became one of the most influential people in American and one of the wealthiest. She turned the television talk show genre from trash talk into an opportunity for personal development and enrichment for her audience. She interviewed countless celebrities, and boosted the careers of many authors, television stars, and political figures.

She built Harpo Studios in 1990 (Harpo os Oprah spelled backwards). This is where she produced the “Oprah Winfrey Show, “ O Magazine, films, the Oprah’s Book Club, a media empire, and a national treasure. She moved to Chicago to break into television. Before launching her own show she worked for WLS Radio.

alum
East Nashville High School

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Honorary Oprrah Winfrey WAY

100 North Carpenter Street
Absent

 

Approved:

Neighborhood: West Loop

b. January 29, 1954 in Mississippi

near
former location of Harpo Studios
1058 W. Washington

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Source

https://www.oprah.com/inspiration/oprah-on-cleaning-out-harpo-studios_1

https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/g23067476/oprah-book-club-list/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=arb_ga_opr_ext_comm_org_us_g23067476&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw0YGyBhByEiwAQmBEWrZg0qsqJ-JiRrMQOsXr3I3ctXcloJGEMDcCokPNCMFkjiT6hikNAxoCrwsQAvD_BwE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey