Comments on: The Strange Politics of Street Renaming

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:47:53 +0000

Seaman Cumming! hehe *snort*

By: pocketdragon

pocketdragon — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:56:26 +0000

In Lubbock Texas there is Buddy Holly Blvd and Mac Davis Dr… not to mention the Marsha Sharp Freeway that seems to be continually under construction.

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:20:07 +0000

It costs the city a few hundred dollars to put up new road signs.
It can cost small businesses that much each to change their signs, stationery, etc.

By: Shasta

Shasta — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:10:48 +0000

The USPS still has the tradition of not creating stamps that feature living people, right? I’ve always thought the same should apply to streets. Cynthia McKinney Parkway near Atlanta comes to mind. What a nutjob.

By: Marty

Marty — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:30:23 +0000

We have Mark McGwire Interstate 70 here in Saint Louis. It just isn’t the same since the whole steroid thing.

By: Orange

Orange — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:25:48 +0000

Along the lines of the preteen humor of the last mention in this article–in my hometown, there is a street called Huffendick.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:10:25 +0000

Portland, Oregon, abandoned a Cesar Chavez street renaming plan.

Not so fast.This bay is not dead yet. Mayor Tom Potter will find time for this useless project and it will end up costing us a million dollars.

By: Sydney

Sydney — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:10:10 +0000

I should have noted that the Columbus Avenue renaming outcry I referenced actually took place in Buffalo.

Thanks Debbie

By: BassMan

BassMan — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:55:57 +0000

In Richmond, VA the bridges have name problems. One is simultaneously the Mayo, 14th Street, and MLK Memorial Bridge.
Another is a privately operated bridge that has long been known according to its toll. These days the Nickel Bridge costs a quarter.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:40:36 +0000

“When a segment of Seventh Avenue was renamed (Christopher) Columbus Avenue, upstate New York residents were outraged.”

Do you mean upTOWN residents? I don’t see why upstate residents should give a hoot.