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On Tuesday, City Council voted 6-1 to authorize the commemorative naming of a portion of 16th Street from Wickham Avenue to Walnut Avenue as Allen Iverson Way as a way of recognizing Iverson's accomplishments. Councilwoman Pat Woodbury, the lone dissenting vote, said she opposed honoring Iverson.