Neighbors #1

Do they have anything in common other than a sign post in Chicago?

Mother Cabrini and Marv Levy

Honorary Mother Cabrini Dr and Honorary Marv Levy Way

Mother Cabrini

• First American Catholic Saint
• Part of the settlement movement
• Founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
• Former Chicago public housing development named for her
• Naturalized US Citizen
• 1850-1917

Marv Levy

• Professional Football Hall of Fame
• 4 straight Super Bowl championships
• Head Coach of the Buffalo Bills
• Inspirational speaker and author
• 1925 to Present Day

 

Where to find this sign

In front of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini Chapel

Near where Marv Levy once lived

Ward: 43
Neighborhood: Lincoln Park

(Unlikely) Neighbors

First in the silliness series

Unlikely Neighbors: do they have anything in common other than a sign post in Chicago?

Until 2017 there was no exclusivity in the naming of honorary streets.  Overlapping, the same segment of street, or even the same sign post.  This has led to amusing randomness of strangers sharing the same street corner in Chicago - forever.

Here is the ongoing list of some of them (by number to keep the surprise):

Neighbors #1