Thursday, September 10, 2009

Dunning or Belmont Heights?

"Explore Chicago" (www.explorechicago.org) is the Chicago Office of Tourism's program to promote Chicago neighborhoods as destinations for visitors. Once again, the neighborhood map in the new fold-out paper brochure identifies Dunning as Belmont Heights. Yet, on the cover of the very same brochure there's a list of neighborhoods where Dunning is listed and Belmont Heights is not. This is a very colorful and appealing brochure. The inconsistency isn't a major drawback but it contributes to confusion about Dunning. It's no surprise that many Chicagoans know nothing about Dunning when even the city isn't consistent in references to it in promotional literature.

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