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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'President Barack H. Obama Ave.'? 50,000 Plus Sign Petition to Rename Street Outside Trump Tower #ny
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'President Barack H. Obama Ave.'? 50,000 Plus Sign Petition to Rename Street Outside Trump Tower
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By Ilma Hasan On 8/12/19 at 12:37 PM EDT
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Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan on December 10, 2018. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
A petition to rename a stretch of Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th Street to "President Barack H. Obama" has now garnered over 50,000 signatures online. The suggested stretch also happens to be right outside the Trump Tower and the irony is not lost on anyone.
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Started around October last year, the petition has recently gained traction with people from across the country signing to rename the block. The move could change Trump Tower's address to "725 Barack H. Obama Avenue, New York, NY 10022"..................
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'President Barack H. Obama Ave.'? 50,000 Plus Sign Petition to Rename Street Outside Trump Tower #ny (Original Post)
riversedge
Aug 2019
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)1. Rename the tower too: "Putin Tower"
Or "Towering Ego" or "Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise Casino & Hotel"
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)3. how about this one?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)4. On Election night, 2016, on Google Maps it was "Tiny Hands Tower"
One tiny bit of sardonic humor on a terrifying night.
riversedge
(70,420 posts)5. I missed that one. Thanks for post.
Sneederbunk
(14,319 posts)2. Why do they want to soil Obama's name?