Record #: SO2017-1988   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 3/29/2017 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Transportation and Public Way
Final action: 4/19/2017
Title: Honorary street designation as "Aleko Konstantinov Way"
Sponsors: Arena, John
Topic: STREETS - Honorary Designations
Attachments: 1. SO2017-1988.pdf, 2. O2017-1988.pdf

SO2017-1988

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUE ORDINANCE

WHEPvEAS, Aleko Konstantinov is one of the most beloved writers in Bulgaria; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Konstantinov in 1894 wrote To Chicago and Back, a travelogue of his trip to the Columbian Exposition of 1893; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Konstantinov's book was instrumental in making Chicago the symbol of the United States among Bulgarians; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Konstantinov was an avid traveler who helped spur an interest among newly independent Bulgarians in the outside world; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Konstantinov was killed May 11,1897, during what some believe was a political assassination attempt of his friend; and

WHEREAS, a biography of Mr. Konstantinov is attached to this ordinance; and

WHEREAS, Chicago is home to the largest Bulgarian population in the United States; and

WHEREAS, the Union of Bulgarian Writers in the US and Around the World meets at the First Bulgarian Center, 3756 W. Irving Park Road; therefore

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO;

SECTION 1. Pursuant to an ordinance heretofore passed by the City Council which allows erection of honorary street-name signs, the Commissioner of Transportation shall take the necessary action for standardization of 3600-3785 W. Irving Park Road as "Aleko Konstantinov Way."

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication.

 

 

 

 

 

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