Posted on 08/14/2019 11:40:20 AM PDT by EinNYC
What started out as a joke to rename Trump Tower's address to 725 President Barack H. Obama Avenue now has more than 100,000 signatures, but don't expect a name change any time soon.
The petition, posted on the left-leaning moveon.org, addresses New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council, asking for the block of Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets to be renamed after the former president.
It asks that all addresses would be changed accordingly, meaning Trump Tower's new address would be 725 President Barack H. Obama Ave.
It points out that Los Angeles renamed a stretch of the 134 Freeway near Downtown L.A. in his honor. The petition says the street should be renamed because of Obama's accomplishments, including "saving our nation from the Great Recession; serving two completely scandal-free terms in office; and taking out Osama bin Laden."
Elizabeth Rowin is the author of the petition. She told Newsweek, which first reported the story, that it started out as a joke last fall.
"I saw a comedian joke about how it would make Trump so mad if it was named after former President Obama and thought why not," she explained.
She says the petition will be delivered to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Council for their consideration, but it fails to meet one of the key guidelines for co-naming streets in the city.
Individual prospective honorees must be deceased for at least two years prior to consideration.
In addition, Community Board 5, where this block is located, has a moratorium on street renamings.
Midtown is area already beset by a "high level of street clutter" so in 2009 the board decided to put a moratorium on street renamings and created a form letter to answer anyone requesting one.
The letter states in part - "Community Board Five has traditionally been opposed to installations in general, and we currently have a moratorium while we further study and examine the issue of street co-naming and its overall effect on the residents, businesses and tourists within the Community Board boundaries."
The board is only the first step in the street renaming process.
A spokesperson for Mayor de Blasio has this reaction:
"We're always happy to see New Yorkers finding creative outlets for resistance. Ultimately, we'll let the council determine how this should proceed."
The media would like it named after Jeffery Epstein.
People with a attention span measured in seconds should not be allowed to vote.
Turning it into every MLK Boulevard in the country.
Petty.
Trump should sell all his NYC properties and never return.
If they did that, Trump Tower would always rise high above and look down on Barach Obama.
I’m holding out for re-naming the US National Weasel Refuge after him.
This is how mean girls in Fifth Grade behave. Sad.
Individual prospective honorees must be deceased for at least two years prior to consideration.
I think Hillary could do a nice Arkancide to make this happen in, say, two years.
Didn’t 0bama and Hillary not like each other?
Leftist Masturbation.
Petty liberals. Is this supposed to be some in-your-face zinger for Trump? I dare say he doesn’t care.
A nuclear waste site needs to be placed on that street along with an auto junk yard and an unemployment office.
WHY? That’s a wuss out. Rightwingers dont run. God knows how many Freepers told me to move out of Hollywood the past 12 years because I have to deal with faggots and freaks daily at the studios..
For example, they renamed a stretch of 6th Avenue "Avenue of the Americas" but nobody really uses that moniker. Many other examples in NYC abound. There are all kinds of special names for various parts of New York but the original street address will always be most commonly used.
They re-named the Triborough Bridge the RFK Bridge over 10 years ago but even today, nobody really calls it that. It's still the Triborough.
And the Tappan Zee will always be the Tappan Zee.
Why bring income into that city? That’s the point.
I get that side too. believe me. if my address was named after this POS president, I would vomit too everyday. My POV is Trump will look weak by running away from these assholes.
every block with a mosque should be named Obama
I am surprised that they only got 100,000 in NY to do this. They voted for DeBlasio for Mayor. NY and their fish wrap newspaper are some of the most. . . What ever
725 Muzzy Hussein Avenue ?
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