Harvey Milk Boulevard signs go up on Salt Lake City's 900 South

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
Mayor Jackie Biskupski and sign shop supervisor James Aguilar hang the first of the Harvey Milk Blvd. street signs along 900 South in Salt Lake City, Friday May 13, 2016. The Salt Lake City Streets Division will hang signs throughout the day between 800 East and 1100 East in preparation for the Harvey Milk Celebration on Saturday, May 14th. Signage along the remaining designated portions of 900 South will be completed in the next few weeks.

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Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Mayor Jackie Biskupski and sign shop supervisor James Aguilar hang the first of the Harvey Milk Blvd. street signs along 900 South in Salt Lake City, Friday May 13, 2016. The Salt Lake City Streets Division will hang signs throughout the day between 800 East and 1100 East in preparation for the Harvey Milk Celebration on Saturday, May 14th. Signage along the remaining designated portions of 900 South will be completed in the next few weeks. Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Mayor Jackie Biskupski and sign shop supervisor James Aguilar hang the first of the Harvey Milk Blvd. street signs along 900 South in Salt Lake City, Friday May 13, 2016. The Salt Lake City Streets Division will hang signs throughout the day between 800 East and 1100 East in preparation for the Harvey Milk Celebration on Saturday, May 14th. Signage along the remaining designated portions of 900 South will be completed in the next few weeks. Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Mayor Jackie Biskupski and sign shop supervisor James Aguilar hang the first of the Harvey Milk Blvd. street signs along 900 South in Salt Lake City on Friday. The Salt Lake City Streets Division will hang signs throughout the day between 800 East and 1100 East in preparation for the Harvey Milk Celebration on Saturday, May 14th. Signage along the remaining designated portions of 900 South will be completed in the next few weeks. Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Mayor Jackie Biskupski and sign shop supervisor James Aguilar hang the first of the Harvey Milk Blvd. street signs along 900 South in Salt Lake City, Friday May 13, 2016. The Salt Lake City Streets Division will hang signs throughout the day between 800 East and 1100 East in preparation for the Harvey Milk Celebration on Saturday, May 14th. Signage along the remaining designated portions of 900 South will be completed in the next few weeks. Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Mayor Jackie Biskupski and sign shop supervisor James Aguilar hang the first of the Harvey Milk Blvd. street signs along 900 South in Salt Lake City, Friday May 13, 2016. The Salt Lake City Streets Division will hang signs throughout the day between 800 East and 1100 East in preparation for the Harvey Milk Celebration on Saturday, May 14th. Signage along the remaining designated portions of 900 South will be completed in the next few weeks.

· May 13, 2016 5:37 pm

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Crews began installing Harvey Milk Boulevard street signs Friday in Salt Lake City, commemorating the gay-rights advocate and community leader with an official renaming of 900 South.

Jackie Biskupski, the city's first opening gay mayor, joined workers from the Salt Lake City Streets Division as they hung signs between 800 East and 1100 East in preparation for Saturday celebration of the San Francisco politician, gunned down in 1978.

The Salt Lake City Council approved a resolution renaming a 20-block stretch of the street after Milk in mid-April.

A city spokesperson said crews would install the signs along remaining portions of 900 South "in the next few weeks."