Re: Robey street. Who was Robey?
Date: September 28, 2011 09:38PM
According to the book "Chicago: A Historical Guide to the Neighborhoods" Robey Street was named after James Robey, "a real estate developer who lived on the corner of Robey and Washington on the city's West Side in 1863" page 142.
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