Why is Ashland Avenue sometimes a boulevard ?

Erin Allen — 2026-02-04T11:02:01Z

Typos and misprints may be common mistakes in texts and emails (and on rare occasions, news articles). But what about city street signs ? Yes, even street signs : The most observant Chicagoans have pointed out these anomalies many times.
“There was one up in Rogers Park several years ago where Rogers Avenue was spelled with a ‘d' like Aaron Rodgers, the quarterback,” said Bill Savage, professor of instruction in the Department of English at Northwestern University.
Savage is writing a (…)

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