S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr

Tags

• CA54-Riverdale
• CA38-Grand Boulevard
• CA69-Greater Grand Crossing
• CA49-Roseland
• CA35-Douglas
• CA40-Washington Park
• named after person
• CA33-Near South Side
• CA44-Chatham
• CA42-Woodlawn
• CA53-West Pullman
• named after person of color

Location

Predecessors

• Kankakee Ave (→ Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr)

Might appear within

• Rascher's Atlas of the North Half of Hyde Park v.1 (1890)
• Rascher's Atlas of the North Half of Hyde Park v.2 (1890)
• Sanborn 1895 v. 16
• Sanborn 1910 v. E
• Sanborn 1911 v. G
• Sanborn 1912 v. 4
• Sanborn 1938 v. 41
• Sanborn 1939 v. 42
• Sanborn 1947 v. 47

Data Issues

• unconfirmed
• no start date

Similarly named streets

• S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr W
• S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr E

Aligned Streets

• S Congress Plaza Dr
• S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr W
• S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr E
• S Ellsworth Dr
• N Field Blvd
• Field Plaza Dr
• Grand Blvd (retired)
• N Harbor Dr
• Kankakee Ave (→ Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr)
• N Mcclurg Ct
• S South Chicago Ave

Source Notes

• CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:

  «Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive, 400E 2300 to 13450S. Named after the slain civil rights leader. South Parkway.»

Edit History

• 2022-04-24 | tew | added predecessor Kankakee Ave (KANKAKEE_01)
  
• 2022-04-03 | tew | {'historical_note': ['Named after the slain civil rights leader.']}
  
• 2022-03-07 | tew | {'suffix_direction': [''], 'text': ['* CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:\r\n> «Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive, 400E 2300 to 13450S. Named after the slain civil rights leader. South Parkway.»'], 'tags': [['named after person', 'named after person of color']]}
  
• import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document