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Kingston to name part of street after Tragically Hip

House of Commons Speaker Peter Milliken, right, jokes around with Tragically Hip band members Paul Langlois, Rob Baker, Gordon Downie, Johnny Fay and Gord Sinclair (left to right) during a reception for recipients of the Governor General's Performing Arts awards on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, May 1, 2008. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom Hanson)

KINGSTON — If The Tragically Hip want to throw a block party in their hometown of Kingston, Ont., they'll soon be able to hold it on a city block named after them.

City councillors in the eastern Ontario city have voted to name a block of Barrack Street after the 12-time Juno Award-winning hometown band.

But the Tuesday night vote was close for the citizen-led proposal, with seven councillors voting for the proposal and six voting against.

At a meeting last month, some residents said renaming Barrack Street could be seen as a slight to the city's military history.

The Tragically Hip's last record, "We Are the Same," was released in 2009, opening at No. 1 on the Canadian chart en route to platinum sales -- a commercial milestone reached by all of the group's studio albums.

Council also approved a motion to create a Walk of Fame, which would honour famous people from the city.

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