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Council unanimously approves naming entire street to honor civil rights leader. By Jeramey Jannene - Feb 9th, 2021 12:10 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Part of Third Street became Old World 3rd Street. Photo by Carl Baehr.
Tuesday morning the Common Council unanimously approved renaming a downtown street to match its north side name.
N. Old World Third Street will become N. Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, eliminating a 1984 political compromise that saw N. 3rd St. split into two different names instead of being entirely named for the civil rights leader.
The compromise was brokered back then to appease merchants on the street, including Usinger’s Famous Sausage, who objected to the name change and said it would negatively impact tourism.
Westown Association, Mayor, all 15 council members back proposal. But there are complications. By Jeramey Jannene - Jan 27th, 2021 12:39 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Part of Third Street became Old World 3rd Street. Photo by Carl Baehr.
King Drive is coming Downtown, but Old World Third Street won’t quite disappear.
The Common Council’s Public Works Committee unanimously recommended renaming N. Old World Third Street to N. Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from W. McKinley Ave. to W. Wisconsin Ave.
The move, if approved by the full council in February, would eliminate a 1984 political compromise when the council and Mayor