The plan to move the Blues District south to 47^th St. by the city and Alderman Tillman was meet with much controversy, much of it focusing on the fact that that plan they ordered did not recommend the tourist zone there and in fact did not mark 47^th St. and Martin Luther King Dr. as a key intersection for commercial growth. (Mid-South Planning Commission 1993 47) Much speculation by community leaders and urban planners has focused on the rejection of this part of the plan. The 43^rd St. corridor had already begun the initial processes of transforming itself into the Blues District recommended by the Mid-South plan. In 1985, before the Mid-South’s recommendations came out, a stretch of the street was renamed Muddy Waters Drive in honor of the man that help create Chicago blues. Many longtime residents and local leaders point out that 43^rd St. was known as the hub of the blues clubs in Chicago. His one time home was near the proposed corner of the new development. Along the street numerous authentic Blues clubs still stood, a couple open for business. Peppers Lounge and the Checkerboard Lounge were two famous spots open until recently. But with Tillman’s move to make 47^th Street the official nexus of the Blues District, the 43^rd St. corridor has remained largely idle. Bernard Turner in his book called for a African-American Thematic District at 35^th St. and State St. (Turner 2002, 29-31, 51) The area along 43^rd St. was primed for tourist development. 2 Yet the city and Tillman used typical Postmodern planning to justify their ideas for a Blues District, covering their intentions in language of empowerment and political speak.