Oscar-winning director William Friedkin honored with street naming near Senn High School

Oscar-winning director William Friedkin honored with street naming near Senn High School The director of ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘The French Connection’ graduated from the North Side school in 1953, but the rhythms and stories of Chicago fueled his film tales long after he left the city for Hollywood. Senn High School graduate and director William Friedkin was posthumously honored with a street naming Monday afternoon near his North Side alma mater. A stretch of North Ridge Avenue near Senn High …