Guadalupe and Maria Lopez

Husband and wife who died of COVID-19 within weeks of each other. Guadalupe (Lupe) Lopez was an Emergency 911 Dispatcher at the Office of Emergency Management for the City of Chicago, where he worked for 33 years. He was also a coach of his neighborhood little league baseball team. Maria (Lupita) was very active in the Little Village community where she had an income tax business.

They both went into the hospital on November 8 and died within weeks. Due to the Pandemic conditions they could not be in the same room with each other and said goodbye using a video service.

Officers in Chicago rely on their dispatchers while serving and protecting this city. For #ChicagoPolice officers working in @ChicagoCAPS10 & @ChicagoCAPS11, Lupe Lopez was a voice of security and reassurance. Our heartfelt condolences are with Lupe's family & friends. https://t.co/MmENRiiawM

— Chicago Police (@Chicago_Police) November 16, 2020

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Honorary Guadalupe and Maria Lopez Way

South Kenneth Street between 47th Street and 48th Street

 

Approved: April 2021

Ward: 14
Alderman: Burke
Neighborhood: Archer Heights

Near the home where the lived and raised their family

Guadalupe (Lupe)
d. November 2020. Age 58.

Maria (Lupita)
d. December 2020. Age 56.

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Source
ABC News
ABC News - Maria Lopez
Chicago Tribune https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid19-maria-lopez-police-dispatcher-wife-20201205-4d7vbbxlkfbfxehoxgp6d6aqxe-story.html

Olga Quiroga

Olga Quiroga was a popular teacher of immigrant students in Chicago Public Schools for more than 30 years. She was known for her kind heart and generous spirit. She loved teaching; her students were like family to her. Olga taught third and fifth graders at Funston Elementary School.

Olga was born in Mexico, when she came to the United States she worked cleaning houses and earned her GED; she went on to get her Bachelor and teaching degrees.

She was taken to the hospital on September 11 and died on October 1. Due to the severity and early stage of the outbreak of COVID-19, her family had no contact with her from the time she entered the hospital until the day she died. Olga was among the first Chicago Public School teachers to die from COVID-19.

Education

Chicago State University

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Honorary Olga L. Quiroga Way

Central Park Avenue, from Armitage to Dickens

 

Approved: September 2021

Ward: 35
Alderman: Ramirez-Rosa
Neighborhood: Hermosa

Near Funston Elementary School

b. September 30. Tamaulipas, Mexico
d. October 1, 2020. Age 58. Chicago

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Chicago Sun-Times

Betty Reskinoff

Founder of Albany Park, North Park, and Mayfair Neighbors for Peace and Justice. She was an anti-war activist and a tireless champion of social justice. She and her husband led the group at weekly protests in the neighborhood; followed by a lively discussion and political analysis.

Betty Reskinoff was an educator who taught a variety of subject including Social Studies, English, and Art at the Junior High School to the College level; including DePaul, DeVry, the University of Illinois at Chicago and at a school in East Africa. She was involved in many strikes and protests throughout her career. Betty was not afraid of running afoul of any administration.

Betty grew up in Yonkers, New York and spent some of her childhood living in public housing, which she enjoyed as a child, it helped foment her fighting spirit against inequity and class differences.

Education

University of California, Berkeley
NYU School of Education

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Honorary Betty Reskinoff Way

North St. Louis Avenue, between West Cullom to West Belle Plaine avenues.

 

Approved: June 2021

Ward: 35
Alderman: Ramirez-Rosa
Neighborhood: Irving Park

d. April 28, 2020. Age 84. Chicago

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Second City Teachers

Phillip Jackson

Phillip Jackson was the founder of the Black Star Project and a former Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) and Chief of Education for the City of Chicago. Prior to entering pubic service he had a 24-year career with Kroch’s and Brentano’s booksellers, rising from stock room to Sr. Vice President of Operations.

Among his numerous recognitions, he was honored as an Education Champion of Change at the White House during the Barack Obama administration, and as Education Man of the Year at the Bud Billikin Parade.

In 1996 he started the Black Star Project to eliminate the education gap among low income black and latinx youth. Black Star focused on tutors, mentors, and parents - including the Million Father March, taking their kids to school on the first day of the school year. Educational programs include: Saturday University, Math Boot Camp, Reading Academy, and private tutoring.

Phillip Jackson was born into the Altgeld Garden public housing project in Chicago and later lived in the Bronzeville neighborhood.

Education:

National Lewis University
Roosevelt University
DuSable High School
Chicago Public Schools

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Honorary Phillip Jackson Parkway

35th Street between South Rhodes Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive

 

Approved: April 2021

Ward: 4
Alderman: Sophia King
Neighborhood: Bronzeville

Black Star Project
3509 S. Martin Luther King Drive

b. September 22, 1950. Chicago.
d. November 4, 2018. Age 68.

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Black Star Project
Block Club Chicago
TheHistoryMakers.org
GameChangersProject.org

Kenneth J. Miotk

Manager of Hegewisch First Merchants Bank

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Honorary Kenneth J. Miotk Way

133rd Street at Houston Avenue

 

Approved: June 2021

Ward: 10
Alderman: Garza
Neighborhood: Hegewisch

b. September 9, 1922
d. August 24, 1996. Age 73.

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Bruno Roti

Bruno Roti was the owner of Bruno’s Lounge in Rogers Park which he started in 1956. It is a long time half-bar, half-liquor store in the vicinity Loyola University, and well known by students and local residents. Bruno moved to the neighborhood when he was 10, and stayed and raised his own family and ran the bar 7-days a week from early morning to late night. Everyone in the neighborhood knew Bruno. They visited him after they moved away. He was always there to help. When he retired his son took over the bar, and he still spent his time there.

Education:
Loyola Academy
St. Ignatius

Veteran: Army

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Honorary Bruno Roti Way

Sheridan between Albion and Loyola

 

Approved: 2021

Ward: 49
Alderman: Hadden
Neighborhood: Rogers Park

d. Age 87

Bruno & Tim’s Lounge
6562 N. Sheridan Road

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https://chibarproject.com/reviews/brunotims/

Timuel Black

Timuel Black was a black historian, professor, Civil Rights activist who lived on the South Side of Chicago and lived to be 102 years old.

His family moved to Chicago from Birmingham, Alabama when he was a year old; they were fleeing racial segregation and seeking better education for their children.

Timuel Black helped organize more than 2,500 Chicagoans to attend the Martin Luther King March on Washington. He also worked on the campaign that elected Chicago’s first black Mayor, Harold Washington.

As a soldier in WWII, he was moved by the atrocities he saw in Europe as a result of the Nazi regime; he dedicated his life to civil rights.

He was on the faculty at City Colleges of Chicago

Timuel Black is the author of several books, including: Bridges of Memory (two volumes) and Sacred Ground

Education:

University of Chicago

Roosevelt University

DuSable High School

Wendell Phillips High School

Englewood High School

Burke Elementary

Veteran: WWII, Army. Europe - Invasion of Normandy and Battle of the Bulge

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Photo Credit: CC0 Timuel Black

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Honorary Timuel Black Way

4800 to 5000 South State Street

 

Approved: November 2012

Ward: 3
Alderman: Dowell
Neighborhood: Bronzeville

b. December 7, 1918. Birmingham, Alabama
d. October 13, 2021. Age 102. Chicago

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TheHistoryMakers.org: Biography - Timuel Black

Rosie Lee Atchison

Rosie Lee Atchison was born in Mississippi, the second oldest of 27 siblings and half-siblings, but spent most of her astounding 109 years on earth in Chicago’s Bronzeville and Englewood neighborhoods - this included residing in The Mecca Building, The Robert Taylor Homes, and eventually purchasing her own two-flat. She was known as “Big Ma” and lived long enough to see the birth of 5 generations and 202 of her direct decedents: 5 children, 18 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren, 95 great-great-grandchildren, and 24 great-great-great-grandchildren.

Rosie grew up working in the fields of Mississippi and attending church before bringing her two children to Chicago in 1935. In Chicago she remarried and worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad until she retired in 1970 after 30 years of service. Rosie and her husband were very active in the community and were known to offer a helping hand to those in need, and kept neighbors safe and fed. They were members of the Greater Salem Missionary Baptist Church, where Rosie sang in the choir.

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Honorary Rosie Lee Atchison

South Marshfield Avenue between West 61st Street and West 63rd Street

 

Approved: March 2021

Ward: 15
Alderman: Raymond Lopez
Neighborhood: West Englewood

b. August 15, 1911 in Bolivar, Mississippi
d. November 23, 2020. Age 109. Chicago

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Archbishop Lucius Hall

Lucius Hall was the founded of the First Church of Love and Faith, in Chicago’s Auburn-Gresham Neighborhood in 1980, one year after becoming a minister. Lucius was the Executive Director of the Head Start program at his church. In 2010 he became an Archbishop by the Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ, inc. For twenty years (1990-2010) he was the Executive Director of Chicago Gospel Fest. During the same timeframe, he served as Chairman of City of Chicago Personnel and Human Resources Board under two Chicago Mayors.

Music was a huge part of Lucius’ life and his ministry. As a teenager he was a radio announcer and later the Channel 26 WCIU producer and host of the “Rock of Ages Gospel Hour.” In 1979 he founded the Broadcast Ministries Alliance, and later hosted the groups Cable TV program.

After serving in the US Army he had a thirty year career with the Veterans Administration. He became a minister in 1979 and founded or co-founded several programs and organizations including: one of the first food pantries in his neighborhood, and an international organization of US and West African churches - The First Spiritual Churches of Truth, Inc.

Veteran: Army, Military Police

Born in Chicago

Alumni:
Burke Grade School
DuSable High School
University of Illinois at Chicago
Gospel Outreach Theological Institute. Houston, TX (Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree)

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Honorary Archbishop Lucius Hall

West 79th Street, between South Seeley Avenue and South Hamilton Avenue

 

Approved: February 2021

Ward: 18
Alderman: Curtis
Neighborhood: Auburn-Gresham

d. April 2, 2020. Age 87.

The First Church of Love and Faith
2140 West 79th Street

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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Crusader

Kaylyn Pryor Way

Kaylyn Pryor was a 20 year old model and aspiring law student when she was the unintended victim of a shooting. Kaylyn had been visiting her grandmother and was waiting for a bus which would take her back to her home in Evanston when she was shot. Earlier the same year she had won the Mario Triccoci “Make Me a Model” Competition and was days away from signing a modeling contract. Her killer has not been found.

Alumna:
Robert Morris University
Evanston Township High School

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Honorary Kaylyn Pryor

May Street between 74th Street and 75th Street

 

Approved: February 2021

Ward: 17
Alderman: Moore
Neighborhood: Englewood

b. February 19, 1995
d. November 2, 2015. Age 20

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'Majic' Juan Suarez Way

Juan Suarez was a very popular DJ of House and Freestyle on WCYC in 1984, and later WCEV, and WRLL radio. Juan was born in Chicago and grew up in the Little Village neighborhood. At age 9 he lost his sight, but that did not stop him from pursuing the life in music he loved. He started his career as a DJ, spinning vinyl records at age 20.

Born in Chicago

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Honorary 'Majic' Juan Suarez Way

West 28th Street, from South Lawndale Avenue to South Ridgeway Avenue

 

Approved: January 2021

Ward: 22
Alderman: Rodriguez
Neighborhood: Little Village

b. May 26, 1965. Chicago
d. November 17, 2020. Age 55. Cancer and COVID

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Nemesio and Dolores Sada

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Honorary Nemesio and Dolores Sada Way

North Talman Avenue from North Milwaukee Avenue to West Medill Avenue

 

Approved: November 2020

Ward: 1
Alderman: La Spata
Neighborhood: Logan Square

Dolores
b. October 29, 1931
d. June 26, 2020

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Phil Doran Way

Phil Doran, Sr. was a life-long Chicagoan from the Beverly neighborhood. He and his wife met in grade school. He was a lawyer and was active in his community and parish as a committed volunteer and former Chairman of the Board of the Franciscan Outreach.

Alumni:
Christ the King Elementary School and Parish
St. Ignatius High School
John Carroll University
Northwestern University - Law

Born in Chicago

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Honorary Phil Doran Way

South Hamilton Avenue, between West 92nd Street and West 93rd Street

 

Approved: 2020

Ward: 19
Alderman: O’Shea
Neighborhood: Beverly

b. November 6, 1940. Chicago
d. September 18, 2020. Age 79.

Near
Christ the King Church

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Beverly Review

Leon Lederman

Leon Lederman was a Nobel Prize winning Physicist, for his team discovery of the Muon Neutrino. In 1979 he became the Director of the Fermi National Accelerator Lab and built the Tevatron, the world’s highest-energy particle accelerator. He was a professor at the University of Chicago and at the Illinois Institute of Technology, a board member of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, and the Illinois Math and Science Academy

Alumni
Columbia University, PhD Physics
City College of New York, Chemistry

Nobel Prize 1988

Veteran: U.S. Army, WWII, 2nd Lieutenant, Signal Corp

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Honorary Leon Lederman Way

33rd Street from State Street to LaSalle Street

 

Approved: October 2020

Ward: 3
Alderman: Dowell
Neighborhood: IIT

b. July 15, 1922. New York City
d. October 3, 2018. Age 96. Idaho

Near
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

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WTTW

Chicago Tribune

C2ST

Fermilab

Mother Betty Price

Betty Price ran a soup kitchen in the Englewood neighborhood for 30 years. She founded Feed, Clothe, and Help the Needy (FCHN) in 1988, originally running it out of her own home; it now feeds more than 1000 each week.

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Honorary Mother Betty Price Lane

West Elizabeth Street from 57th Street to 59th Street

 

Approved: November 2020

Ward: 19
Alderman: Coleman
Neighborhood: Englewood

d. September 2, 2020. Age 71. Chicago. Cancer

Near
Feed, Clothe and Help the Needy soup kitchen
1234 West 59th Street

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Chicago Women Take Action

Facebook

WBEZ

CBS Local

Bruce J. Graham Way

Bruce Graham was a famous Chicago architect who designed buildings all over the world. He was born in Colombia, South America to Canadian and Peruvian parents and grew up in Puerto Rico. He came to Chicago and apprenticed for Holabird and Root architects; most of his career was at Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM) where he and structural engineer, Fazlur Khan were an outstanding team. In Chicago they built the Sears Tower (Willis Tower) and the John Hancock Building (875 N. Michigan Avenue). He was one of the contributors to the Chicago 21 plan of 1973, an extension of the Burnham Plan of Chicago. He was also a Pew Fellow.

Alumni
University of Pennsylvania, Architecture
Case Western Reserve
University of Dayton
Colegio San Jose de Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Veteran: U.S. Navy

Chicago Architecture Center - 875 N. Michigan Avenue (John Hancock Center)
The John Hancock Building is now known by it’s street address. 875 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago 360 is the name of the observation deck which is on the 94th floor.

Ten Tallest Buildings in Chicago

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Honorary Bruce J. Graham Way

Chestnut Street between Mies van der Rohe Way and Michigan Avenue

 

Approved: 2010

Ward: 42
Alderman: Reilly
Neighborhood: Magnificent Mile/Gold Coast

b. December 1, 1925. Columbia, South America
d. March 10, 2010. Age 84. Florida
burial: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago

Near
John Hancock Building
875 North Michigan Avenue

Bruce Graham is buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago next to his architectural colleague Fazlur Khan

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Source

New York Times

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

https://www.architecture.org/programs-events/detail/in-their-own-words-building-the-john-hancock/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwvIWzBhAlEiwAHHWgvWOnh1hHRxT_fW1zRsPfrSMt-B-wRkpf2hjCQ7s7YyMMeoEb1of3kRoCAPsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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

Chicago Architecture Center - 875 N. Michigan Avenue (John Hancock Center)

Self Help Home Way

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.

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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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Tony's Deli Way

Tony’s Deli, since 1978 has been a family owned handmade and imported Italian foodstuffs. The Delmazio family emigrated from Italy; their sicilian meatball sub has been featured in Midwest Living magazine.

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Honorary Tony’s Deli Way

North Northwest Highway, from North Oiiphant Avenue to North Overhill Avenue

 

Approved: May 2018

Ward: 41
Alderman: Napolitano
Neighborhood: Edison Park

Tony’s Italian Deli & Subs
6708 Northwest Highway

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Christ Temple Cathedral Way

Christ Temple Cathedral Church of Christ Holiness, USA was initially a group of the faithful who had moved to Chicago from Mississippi and established the new church in 1917. It grew and expanded through the years; in 1972 the Church moved to it’s current location.

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Honorary Christ Temple Cathedral

West 11th Place between South State Street and South Wentworth Avenue

 

Approved: July 2018

Ward: 34
Alderman: Austin
Neighborhood: Roseland

Near
Christ Temple Cathedral Church of Christ Holiness, USA
62 West 11th Place

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Klub Bielsko-Biala Way

Bielsko-Biala is a town in Poland, it is the capital of Podbeskidzie. A Club has been established in Chicago for members ongoing identification with this region and the football team.

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Honorary Klub Bielsko-Biala Way

West Belmont Avenue, from the northeast corner North Harlem Avenue to North Nottingham Avenue

 

Approved: May 2018

Ward: 29
Alderman: Taliaferro
Neighborhood: Polish Village

Dedicated: May 6, 2018

Near
Klub Bielsko-Biala, Chicago

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