Re: Ambrose St. in Chicago.
Date: March 14, 2015 07:15PM
bowler Wrote:
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> Also, Ambrose St. appears to have been around
> since 1876 according to some Tribune references
> I've found. This predates Carter Harrison.
and also, on page 161 of the book, "Industrial Chicago: The building interests" published in 1891; the comment about Ambrose street in the year 1876:
"St. Paul's Catholic church of 1876, on South Hoyne avenue and Ambrose street, holds the name of the old church of St. Paul's established before the fire."
https://books.google.com/books?id=lFU6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=ambrose+street+name+chicago&source=bl&ots=h9gz5mcgW5&sig=ec3ueNtk01Y7KbkI2uheV3-xdQg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KZsEVcaCKsvhgwTT3oKwCA&ved=0CFUQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=ambrose%20street%20name%20chicago&f=false