Bill Text: IL HR0753 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the City of Chicago to honorarily rename the section of Harlem Avenue from Foster Avenue to Grand Avenue as "Via Italia".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0753 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0753-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Little Italy, sometimes combined with University | ||||||
3 | Village, is one of Chicago's most vibrant communities; and
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4 | WHEREAS, The community was once predominantly Italian | ||||||
5 | immigrants but now consists of diverse ethnic and | ||||||
6 | socio-economic backgrounds; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Other ethnicities have always been present in the | ||||||
8 | area; nonetheless, the neighborhood was given its name due to | ||||||
9 | the strong influence of Italians and Italian culture on the | ||||||
10 | neighborhood throughout the 19th and 20th century; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The area's Italian-American heritage is primarily | ||||||
12 | evident in the Italian-American restaurants that once lined | ||||||
13 | Taylor Street; the neighborhood is home to the National Italian | ||||||
14 | American Sports Hall of Fame and the historic Roman Catholic | ||||||
15 | churches Our Lady of Pompeii, Notre Dame de Chicago, and Holy | ||||||
16 | Family; and
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17 | WHEREAS, The recent history of the neighborhood is that of | ||||||
18 | urban renewal, starting with the construction of expressways in | ||||||
19 | the 1950s, the development of the University of Illinois at | ||||||
20 | Chicago in the 1960s, the demolition of public housing in the | ||||||
21 | 1990s and 2000s, and the redevelopment of Maxwell Street in the |
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1 | 2000s; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Perhaps the largest concentration of Italian | ||||||
3 | businesses and residents in present-day Chicago is located | ||||||
4 | along Harlem Avenue on the Northwest Side and neighboring | ||||||
5 | Elmwood Park; therefore, be it
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6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
7 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
8 | we urge the City of Chicago to honorarily rename the section of | ||||||
9 | Harlem Avenue from Foster Avenue to Grand Avenue as "Via | ||||||
10 | Italia"; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | delivered to the Chicago City Council.
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