Bob Newhart Gets A Block Named After Him In Edgewater

EDGEWATER — The street outside Bob Newhart’s fictional condo building from his eponymous show has been officially dubbed “Bob Newhart Way.”

About 200 neighbors, friends and Newhart’s family gathered Friday to celebrate the honorary sign’s unveiling outside the Thorndale Beach North Condominium, 5901 N. Sheridan Road, known best from the opening sequence of “The Bob Newhart Show.”

In it, Newhart’s character takes a long and convoluted commute, during which he crosses multiple Downtown bridges in opposite directions before heading to Evanston. He then gets off the “L” before apparently walking more than 6 miles to Edgewater.

But Newhart finally arrives outside the iconic condo building, which is listed on Google Maps as “Bob Newhart’s” Thorndale Beach North Condominium.

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