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Thu Nov 16, 2017, 11:06 PM Nov 2017

Hollywood Commissioners Accept New Names For Streets In Final Vote (FL)

Originally published on November 16, 2017 2:09 pm

After a lengthy debate, the city of Hollywood is moving forward with .. streets, which honor Confederate war heroes.

At Wednesday’s regular commission meeting, Mayor Josh Levy said he was ready to finalize this issue ...

Now Forrest Street and Drive will be renamed Freedom Street and Freedom Drive. Lee Street is becoming Liberty Street and Hood Street is becoming Hope Street.

Six of the seven commissioners voted to accept the new names for streets, some of which run through Hollywood’s African-American Liberia neighborhood. The seventh commissioner .. did not attend ...

http://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/post/hollywood-commissioners-accept-new-names-confederate-streets-final-vote

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