Chicago's Old-School MapQuest-- Part 1: Edward Paul Brennan

From the August 25, 2013, Chicago Tribune by Patrick T. Reardon.

"Edward Paul Brennan was a nobody. One of us.

Born in 1866, he made deliveries for his father's grocery store, then worked downtown at the Lyon & Healy Co. music store as a bill collector and later as a building inspector.

Yet, few individuals in Chicago history have had as much impact--for the good-- on the daily lives of Chicagoans, suburbanites and visitors to the city."

And, I bet you have never heard of him. I was only vaguely aware of him until I read this article.

--So, Who Was He? --RoadDog