[Sca-cooks] Completely OT question for the New Yorkers amongst us....

[AEllin Olafs dotter]

We haven't had any mass renaming that I know of... but that's been done 
to some degree for years. I'm curious - where are they? (Maybe we can 
discuss this off list...)  9/11 doubled the number of firefighters we've 
lost over the years, but we're a big city - we've lost many before now. 
(Though the worst single previous loss had been, I think, 16... back in 
the late 60s. A floor collapsed, a few blocks from where I lived.)

A lot of our streets sort of have 2 names. The basic, usually a number. 
(We have named streets - I live on one - but they're less likely to be 
renamed.) And another, often just for a block or two, that's a tribute 
to someone or something. And one of New York's Bravest killed in the 
line of duty would certainly be considered for such a tribute. It's 
probably in the neighborhood he grew up in... though it could be near 
the fire. I think most that I've noticed named for firefighters are 
these double names... We tend, to be honest, as creatures of habit to 
continue to use the old names... but there's a nice sign. (Sixth Avenue 
was renamed Avenue of the Americas - oh, I don't know, long before I was 
born. No New Yorker has ever called it that. We've been confusing 
visitors for decades. A few years ago, the city gave up, and added signs 
saying Sixth Avenue below the ones saying Avenue of the Americas... )

AEllin


Sue Clemenger wrote:

> In doing some work for a client today, I noticed that there are a 
> whole bunch of streets in NYC named after firefighters (not that I 
> recognized the names, but more like they were things like "Firefighter 
> John Doe Road," etc.).  Are these named as tributes to some of the 
> people lost on 9-11, or is it something else entirely?
> --maire, always curious about something....
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