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Welcome to the fascinating world of Chicago street names! Did you know that Ainslie Street was named after a real estate developer whose widow, in 1848, left for California to pan for gold with a new husband? Or did you know that Crandon Avenue was named for a prohibitionist congressional candidate who lost to his opponent in 1882 by a vote of 11,686 to 663?Hayner, Don is the author of 'Streetwise Chicago: A History of Chicago Street Names' with ISBN 9780829405965 and ISBN 0829405968.
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