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Radio Extra: Alderman Vows to Fight Including 'Beverly' in Arena's Name

By  Jon Hansen and Howard Ludwig | December 15, 2014 4:25pm 

 Ald. Matt O'Shea vows to fight including the name "Beverly" in the new sports arena opening in Morgan Park.
Ald. Matt O'Shea vows to fight including the name "Beverly" in the new sports arena opening in Morgan Park.
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MORGAN PARK — The Beverly Arts Center is actually in Morgan Park, as is the Beverly Woods restaurant.

Even the South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade — an event synonymous with the Beverly neighborhood — spends the bulk of its route marching through Morgan Park.

Now it appears another local landmark could suffer the same lapse in geography.

On this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Howard Ludwig discusses why one alderman is vowing to make sure "Beverly" isn't included on the name of a new sports arena: