Posted on 09/19/2020 10:41:06 AM PDT by Olog-hai
A stretch of a Minneapolis street that includes the place where George Floyd was killed will soon be named in his honor.
Although the street will still be called Chicago Avenue, the city will refer to the blocks between 37th and 39th streets as George Perry Floyd Jr. Place, the Star Tribune reported.
The City Council approved the naming Friday, and Mayor Jacob Frey’s office said he would likely sign off on it as well. …
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Note to self=> Add George Floyd Ave/St/Blvd/Pkwy to the list of streets to avoid in the future.
Boofer Place
Democrat voting!!
Great.
So we can have Charles Manson Lane.
Dahmer Drive.
OJ Blvd.
Son of Sam Memorial Highway.
Fenny Way
RING
"Hello, this is Acme towing ... broke down by the side of the road, you say? What's your address? No, I don't think we can get down there right now. How about in the morning? No, I wouldn't get out of the car ... how about a Taxi? Uber? They wouldn't come either?
Fentan Hall.
You just can’t make this sh*t up.
We should set up a series of road signs.
Utopia, This Way.
Utopia, Next Exist.
Utopia, This Way.
And on and on and on...............
Now we’re naming streets after criminals?? Stop making like Floyd was some sweet little kid who regularly helped old ladies cross the street.
didn’t he hold a woman at gun-point while he robbed her? We’re naming streets after criminals now?
Well, Lenox Avenue in Manhattan was “co-named” Malcolm X Boulevard in 1987, so there is precedent.
Fentanyl Street?
At least you will know which section of the city to avoid.
Free fentanyl fridays?
How about’
“Counterfeit Corner”
They could name it Breathless Place.
what cul-de-sac or dead-end will be renamed?
We were house hunting in NY state in 2000 and wouldn’t even LOOK at houses on Clinton Street.
Definitely named after DeWitt Clinton. It was just the Word, “Clinton” at that point in history ...
A song we sang in school when I was growing up in NY: Do you recognize it?
“Oh I had a mule and her name was Sal...”
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