Submitted by DawgsWorld t3_10p44g4 in nyc
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Gotham-ish t1_j6i62uj wrote
Here's the original City Hall news release in case you encounter the Times' paywall: https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pr2022/restoration-national-medallions.shtml
PS NYC has been trying to shove "Avenue of the Americas" down our throats since 1945, and we're just not having it. It's Sixth Avenue. Plain and simple. And oh yeah, what a waste of money.
drpvn t1_j6ig1a0 wrote
Meet me on Fashion Avenue and 28th today at 3 pm.
LouisSeize t1_j6ij3jd wrote
I can't make it. I have a meeting on Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard.
cdavidg4 t1_j6imzdh wrote
Just curious do you refer to Park Avenue as Fourth Ave? It was similarly rebranded right?
Marlsfarp t1_j6ivurn wrote
"Park" is just as easy to say as "4th." "Avenue of the Americas" is a mouthful.
cdavidg4 t1_j6ix7mw wrote
True, but I don't think the length of the name was a big factor to the OP above. Park is Fourth, and was rebranded to bring people back to the corridor once the steam trains were removed and reduce the historical bad image it had.
Complexity is for sure why I don't say Avenue of the Americas
bklyn1977 t1_j6ihu2h wrote
"Avenue of the Americas" was to make the commercial addresses along that stretch more prestigious. Nobody is expecting you to use it in normal speech. I loved seeing these as a kid. Maybe if you have no connection to any of these countries then it's not important to you, but it was to others.
LouisSeize t1_j6ik3tn wrote
>The signs are a tribute to New York’s immigrants who came from South and Central America, said Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, who came from the Dominican Republic.
Fixed that for him. There are no Avenues of Africa, Asia, Europe, etc.
DawgsWorld OP t1_j6j0qx1 wrote
From an urban planning point of view, no pedestrian normally looks up that high (you typically only notice things two feet above your head). But it's not surprising. Rodriguez is a political hack with a patronage job. Knows nothing about transportation and streetscapes elements.
mowotlarx t1_j6mucav wrote
Eric Adams put a bunch of former city council members in high commissioner positions for a reason. They know little to nothing about what their agencies actually do, but they'll be unendingly loyal because he rewarded them for their political endorsement a few years ago.
Arleare13 t1_j6i74fo wrote
A few months ago I saw what I'm pretty sure was one of the old "medallions" on the side of the street waiting to be taken away in the trash, in Dumbo of all places. Not sure how it got there, but seeing that they're replacing them makes me even more certain that that's what it was!