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Marge Britton

Linda Zabors

Marguerite “Marge” Britton was a 1969 founder of the the oldest block club in the Edgewater neighborhood, the Lakewood Balmoral Residents Council (LRBC) . Before a career in public relations, she worked for the Lerner Newspaper and Skokie News. She was also a Ward staff member who served during the tenures of 4 Aldermen.

Marge lived her entire life in the neighborhood, and raised her family of 6 children on Magnolia Street.

Alumni
Mundeline College in Rogers Park

Honorary Marge Britton WAY

North Magnolia Avenue, between West Balmoral Avenue and West Bryn Mawr Avenue

 

Approved: February 2023

Ward: 48
Alderman: Osterman
Neighborhood: Edgewater

d. April 8, 2022. Age 84

Source

2023656

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/chicagotribune/name/marguerite-britton-obituary?id=34195862

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categories street
tags 2023, Women, Community, Ward 48, 48 ward

Self Help Home Way

Linda Zabors

Self Help was founded as a mutual aid society in 1938 to support immigrants fleeing Nazi Germany. It became a center and then a home for Holocaust survivors to rebuild their lives. It was the subject of the documentary film Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home. It became a senior living center in 1951.

Honorary The Selfhelp Home Way

800 & 900 West Argyle Street between Sheridan Drive and Marine Drive

 

Approved: 2017, 2018 (revised), 2019 (revised)

Ward: 48
Alderman: Osterman
Neighborhood: Uptown

Near
The Selfhelp Home
908 W. Argyle

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categories street
tags 2017, 2018, 2019, WWII, Immigrant, Victim, Social Services, Ward 48

Gus and June Travlos Way

Linda Zabors

Costas (Gus) and Anastasia June Travlos were long time residents of the Edgewater neighborhood, they were also the co-founders of the Edgewater Development Company and worked to improve the lives of their neighbors and spearheaded the revitalization of Bryn Mawr as a Historic District. Gus was born in Greece, they moved to Edgewater in 1964.

Honorary Gus and June Travlos Way

1000 West Bryn Mawr Avenue between North Broadway and North Winthrop Avenue

 

Approved: June 2018

Ward: 48
Alderman: Osterman
Neighborhood: Edgewater

June
d. November 1, 2016. Age 91

Gus
d. 2005. Age 70

Near
Edgewater Development Corporation
1055 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue




Source

Source

Chicago Public Art Group

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categories street
tags 2018, Honorary Brown Sign, Honorary Street, Women, Community, Edgewater, Greece, philanthropy, Ward 48