24 Sussex Drive near Parliament Hill, although the prime minister does conduct some work in 24 Sussex and informal meetings between the prime minister and other government or foreign officials may take place in the residence (foreign heads of state on state visits are officially hosted by the monarch or Governor General of Canada at Rideau Hall). One consequence of the building's lack of official bureaucratic functions is that "24 Sussex Drive" has never been widely used as a metonym for the Office of the Prime Minister. Despite the building not having any bureaucratic function, it has been the location of protests, such
Lake Shore Drive of the Drive was contemplated, activists contended that the Park District "has plans already drawn up that clearly show Lake Shore Drive immediately east of" Edgewater and Rogers Park. Another proposal put forward in 2017 was to straighten out the Scurve near Oak Street Beach by putting part of the roadway underground and extending parkland into the lake. The Drive connects the following Chicago community areas from South to North: South Shore; Woodlawn; Hyde Park; Kenwood; Oakland; Douglas; Near South Side; The Loop; Near North Side; Lincoln Park; Lake View; Uptown; and Edgewater. Lake Shore Drive contains both an inner