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Markers
of Distinction
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Chicago
Tribute Markers 1997–2002
(click on name to link to marker text) |
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| Newspaper publisher | 4742 South King Drive | |
| Labor activists | 1922 South Halsted | |
| Writer | 1958 West Evergreen Street | |
| Lawyer and Governor of Illinois | 504 West Diversey Parkway | |
| Community organizer | 4430 South Marshfield Avenue | |
| Editor and writer | 837 West Ainslie Street | |
| Bandleader | 421 East 44th Street | |
| Writer | 1667 North Humboldt Boulevard | |
| Businessman | 5922 South King Drive | |
| Louise DeKoven Bowen |
Social
reformer
|
1430 North Astor Street |
| Legal reformer | 1428 South Michigan Avenue | |
| Architect and planner | 4300 South Michigan Avenue | |
| Founder of religious institutions | 2520 North Lakeview Avenue | |
| Octave Chanute |
Aeronaut
and civil engineer
|
224 East Huron |
| Engineer | 933 North LaSalle Street | |
| Nat "King" Cole |
Musician
|
4023 South Vincennes Avenue |
| Aviatrix | 41st Street and King Drive | |
| Lawyer | 1537 East 60th Street | |
| Oscar DePriest |
Politician
|
4536 South King Drive |
| Educator | 1554 East 61st Street | |
| Musician | 7921 South Indiana Avenue | |
| United States Senator | 5650 South Blackstone Avenue | |
| United States Senator | 35th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue | |
| Finley Peter Dunne |
Journalist
|
3109 West Warren Boulevard |
| St. Clair Drake |
Sociologist
|
510 West Chesnut Street |
| Novelist | 2023 East 72nd Street | |
| Novelist | 1642 East 56th Street | |
| Physicists and peace activists | 5337 South Woodlawn Avenue | |
| Merchant | 1905 South Prairie Avenue | |
| Social reformer | 1920 West Wellington Street | |
| Baseball player and owner | 39th Street and Wentworth Avenue | |
| R. Buckminster Fuller |
Inventor
|
739 West Belmont Avenue |
| Mary Garden |
Opera
singer
|
636 South Michigan Avenue |
| Musician | 1125 South Francisco Avenue | |
| Football coach | 4356 West Washington Boulevard | |
| Lorraine Hansberry |
Playwright
|
5936 South King Drive |
| Librarian | 4801 South Michigan Avenue | |
| Pearl M. Hart |
Lawyer
|
2821 North Pine Grove |
| Writer | 5210 South Kenwood Avenue | |
| Pioneers of social work | 800 South Halsted Street | |
| Gospel singer | 8358 South. Indiana Avenue | |
| Landscape architect | 1141 North Sacramento Boulevard | |
| John Jones |
Abolitionist
|
119 South Dearborn |
| Rudy Lozano |
Community
organizer
|
4030 West 25th Street |
| Comedians | 4512 South King Drive | |
| Social reformer | 4655 McDowell Avenue | |
| Blues musician | 4339 South Lake Park Avenue | |
| Inventor | 675 North Rush Street | |
| Newspaper editor and publisher | 1519 North Astor Street | |
| Journalist and mayor of Chicago | 639 North Wabash Avenue | |
| Architect | 200 East Pearson Street | |
| Artist and educator | 2622 North Lakeview Avenue | |
| Poet and publisher | 543 North Wabash Avenue | |
| Artist | 350 West 60th Street | |
| Paul Muni |
Actor
|
714-16 West Roosevelt Road |
| William Butler Ogden |
Politician
|
50 East Ontario |
| Architect | 2310 South Indiana Avenue | |
| Ruth Page |
Dancer
and choreographer
|
540 North Michigan Avenue |
| Philanthropists and entrepreneurs | 1359 North Lake Shore Drive | |
| Labor activists | 1908 North Mohawk Street | |
| Irna Philips |
Writer
|
1335 North Astor Street |
| Fur traders and farmers | 401 North Michigan Avenue | |
| Industrialist | 1729 South Prairie Avenue | |
| John Wellborn Root |
Architect
|
1310 North Astor Street |
| Businessman, philanthropist | 4901 South Ellis Avenue | |
| Writer and poet | 4646 North Hermitage Avenue | |
| Basketball promoter | 3828 North Hermitage Avenue | |
| Hannah Greenbaum Solomon |
Social
reformer
|
4060 South Lake Park Avenue |
| Architect | 4575 South Lake Park Avenue | |
| Artist | 60th Street and Ellis Avenue | |
| Puppeteer | 1407 West Sherwin Avenue | |
| Conductor | 52 East Bellvue Place | |
| Bill Veeck | Baseball club owner | 1380 East Madison Avenue Park |
| Businessman and preservationist | 6 North Michigan Avenue | |
| Mayor | 5300 South Shore Drive | |
| Social reformer | 3624 South King Drive | |
| Elizabeth Wood | Housing reformer | 3145 North Cambridge Avenue |
| Surgeon | 445 East 42nd Street | |
| Architect | 25 East Cedar Street | |
| Novelist, playwright, social critic | 3743 South Indiana Avenue | |