Street renaming sends city down wrong path

The city of Chicago has adopted an excessive number of honorarystreet names: Mies van der Rohe Way, George Halas Drive, Jewelers Rowand most recently Ruth Page Place. These are but a few of the morenotable changes in the Chicago street system that have beenestablished during the last four years.

Many of these "honorary streets" run for only a small section ofan entire street, causing confusion for the area's visitors andresidents. By adopting honorary streets that occupy small sectionsof larger roadways, Chicago is creating a …