There is a block of Rogers Ave. that is also Norman Ross Sr. Way. After three and a half years of walking past the sign, I went and looked the guy up. It turns out he was a Chicago radio personality from 1935 to 1953 (when he died). He had his own show called 400 Hour on which he played light classics (I wonder what light classics were during the 40s...) But more remarkable (to me anyhow) is that Mr. Ross Sr. was an award winning swimmer. I found a story that said that one of his favorite things to do was to swim five miles out into Lake Michigan and hail passing boats. When they'd stop he'd ask them for directions to Milwaukee.
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