Council approves Pershing Square name change

Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The City Council has finalized a name change for downtown’s Pershing Square in honor of Bridget “Biddy” Mason, a formerly enslaved woman who became a prominent Los Angeles landowner, entrepreneur and philanthropist. On an 11-0 vote Sept. 4, the council approved a proposal to rename Pershing Square to Biddy …

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