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Part of Mansfield Avenue renamed in honor of former lawmaker Tasco

By CBS News Philadelphia Staff

/ CBS Philadelphia

Northwest Philadelphia street named after Marian B. Tasco

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A Philadelphia street now has a new name in honor of a former lawmaker. Marian B. Tasco served on the Philadelphia City Council for 28 years, from 1988 to 2016.

Saturday, a portion of Mansfield Avenue,  between Vernon Road and Slocum Street in Northwest Philadelphia was named in her honor.

Tasco also became a supporter of a workplace smoking ban after her husband died of lung cancer.

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