Talk:Lake Shore Drive

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1 Song
2 Shield placement
3 "LSD"
4 Southern extension
5 Pictures
- 5.1 Gallery of extra images

[edit] Song

It is usually stated that the song line "Headin' into town on LSD" from a popular Jan and Dean song is in fact about Lake Shore Drive, as at the time of the song's release the hallecinogenic drug "LSD-25" was almost unknown except by medical researchers. --Rlquall 16:35, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

You are probably thinking of the Aliotta-Haynes-Jeremiah song already noted in the article. --Pascal666 06:32, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shield placement

Just for consistency, I'd like to place a U.S. 41 shield (80 px) on this page somewhere, preferably at the top, but I can't put it too many places because it breaks the page layout horribly. Any ideas? --Rob 10:57, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "LSD"

I noticed some reversions over stating Lake Shore Drive's abbreviation, "LSD", in the article. I'd like to say that I support this inclusion. As one who grew up in a Chicago suburb and who lived in Chicago for eight years, I can confirm that Lake Shore Drive is commonly referred to by those initials (in fact, I keep typing "LSD" now and have to go back and expand it). "Lake Shore" is sometimes used, but not nearly as often. It is true that overall, "LSD" is more likely to refer to the drug, but I am not sure how that is relevant—it is still the nickname of the road. Incidentally, I believe the Lake Shore Drive abbreviation predates the drug one. — Knowledge Seeker দ 00:24, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Southern extension

Has there been any talk of extending LSD south of 67th street? It could be extended south to Indianapolis BLVD at the southern end of Chicago's lakefront. The current US41 layout is poor through the area south of 67th street.

Yes and no. It's technically part of South Shore Drive, and this website covers the project from about 71st through Harbor, about 2 miles. This is the slowest portion of U.S. 41 in Chicago; the areas outside of this zone are generally faster and have four lanes. —Rob (talk) 15:41, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

The pictures are very nice and illustrative, but they somewhat dwarf the article in terms of pictures vs. content balance. If there are more pictures out there, I'd like to add a gallery to this page and move a few of the pictures currently on the page there. —Rob (talk) 19:50, 13 July 2006 (UTC)