Robey was renamed for Father Damen, who founded St. Ignatius (of architecture graveyard fame). Maybe Serhii knows when. Funny thing about Damen... down around 171st Street in Hazel Crest, the Dixie Highway follows Damen's line. At 163rd, Dixie veers west, and for a couple of blocks the remaining north-south street is Damen Avenue again. Then for several blocks it's an unpaved, grass right-of-
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re: Robey Station, you are correct sir. I think it's called something like MCM Plaza now, which sounds like a vanity name for the management company to me. You and I seem to have some similar interests and opinions, because I completely agree with you about "perverse postmodernism" (a perfect term for it). Equally egregious to me is the cynical way developers co-opt the nature they
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Serhii, Now that I know Moorman is 28 points long, it seems gargantuan in comparison to McDermott! I guess I'll have to check that out some time, knowing I'll never make it out of first gear. I think Mary Street deserves an honourable mention as a resurrected street. I'll bet those don't happen very often. I'm reminded (tangent here, maybe totally off-subject) of a strip mall on Damen jus
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Greetings, Your site is terrific, I especially liked the long article on Ogden Street. Whenever I'm in that area I enjoy spotting remnants of the old viaduct and street. Regarding the shortest streets list, I'm surprised Moorman Street in the Wicker Park neighbourhood didn't make the cut. It must be a little too long. Also, I'm not sure if Mary Street counts in that list -- there may be
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