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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"If enacted, it would make Trump Tower's official address 401 N. Barack Hussein Obama Avenue. I'd love that for him.🖕😁
Whow--I sure wish this will happen!!
Trump Tower rises from the center of downtown Chicago on a major north/south street called Wabash Avenue. A petition is circulating to have the city formally rename a four-block strip of Wabash after a certain famous Chicago resident.
If enacted, it would make Trump Towers official address 401 N. Barack Hussein Obama Avenue. Id love that for him.🖕😁🖕
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marble falls
(73,647 posts)wyn borkins
(1,658 posts)Telling someone to turn left onto N. Barack Hussein Obama Avenue likely will not go over too well, plus a street sign containing 30 characters would be quite inefficient.
Therefore, what of using: N. Obama Ave. instead (?).
KS Toronado
(24,290 posts)I like your idea.
YodaMom2
(250 posts)because tRump always includes it, with emphasis (and a sneer) - Barrack HUSSEIN Obama. Im sure he thinks it makes Obamas name sound foreign and threatening.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,799 posts)... he did not omit his middle name.
Many on DU avoided using it, calling him PBO instead of BHO. I don't understand why.
moonshinegnomie
(4,184 posts)north martin luther king avenue which exists in many places already
Torchlight
(7,339 posts)found elsewhere in town.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,799 posts)... "recalculating" ...
CrispyQ
(41,207 posts)wyn borkins
(1,658 posts)LuvLoogie
(9,077 posts)ananda
(35,912 posts)Everyone would still know what it meant.
reACTIONary
(7,458 posts).... Giving directions, people would just say Wabash. Otherwise, it could be abbreviated BHO, just as MLK is used for King,
stage left
(3,390 posts)How many other Obamas has anyone heard of?
IronLionZion
(51,755 posts)and sometimes a title and their last name. Although I just remembered there are Martin Luther King Jr. Blvds all over America.
Deuxcents
(28,408 posts)surfered
(15,275 posts)Blue Owl
(60,210 posts)One and done thatll send the pedo racist into a fatal rage
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multigraincracker
(38,405 posts)niyad
(135,675 posts)GusBob
(8,330 posts)Hope the name change does not bring in new tenants
ProfessorGAC
(77,752 posts)It peaked at 76 or 77% occupancy but has been down at about 70% for a few years.
I guess that makes the answer to your question "Yes".
30% seems like a lot of vacancies.
dalton99a
(96,461 posts)Renew Deal
(85,504 posts)Quagmire Rd.
Eyeran St
3catwoman3
(30,339 posts)When we took one of the architectural boat tours on the Chicago river, the boat was moored in a position looking directly at that damn TRUMP sign. I pulled my visor low over my eyes until we pulled away. It was an otherwise lovely day.
Seinan Sensei
(1,743 posts)(said in Siris voice)
ChicagoTeamster
(1,542 posts)mcar
(46,689 posts)Janbdwl72
(315 posts)Hope it is expedited to take place as quickly as possible.
FakeNoose
(43,235 posts)Wouldn't that be the greatest thing?!
electric_blue68
(28,083 posts)berksdem
(940 posts)can't we just have these wee little wins!
FSogol
(47,694 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(18,526 posts)He'll rip out what is left of his hair 🙀
Figarosmom
(15,063 posts)Bad part of it though, it would increase the property value. He'd sell at a profit.
Now that I think about it, I don't think he owns that building, I think he just rents his trademark to the owner. He may own the commercial park like shops and hotel.
ProfessorGAC
(77,752 posts)It's not a licensed use of the name.
Technically though, the banks own the place. There are loans on top of loans. Likely the leverage exceeds the assessed value of the property.
The hotel is never sold out, the underground retail space is a ghost town & the living spaces & office floors are about 30% unoccupied.
Another investment by him that was a disaster; for others. (Mostly the idiot bankers that were still lending him money 10 to 18 years ago.)
Figarosmom
(15,063 posts)drmeow
(6,046 posts)pay premium dollar for the hotel rooms that are booked and probably some of the office space, too
ProfessorGAC
(77,752 posts)But, I don't buy it.
drmeow
(6,046 posts)Trump launders money through his various ventures?
ProfessorGAC
(77,752 posts)For me, it's not even a logical way to launder money no matter who is involved.
drmeow
(6,046 posts)not an uncommon way to launder money. Maybe not through the tenants but it could certainly be through the mortgage.
Passages
(4,650 posts)twodogsbarking
(19,958 posts)Passages
(4,650 posts)electric_blue68
(28,083 posts)dlk
(13,498 posts)This is a really good idea.
debsy
(1,111 posts)I suppose one must be a Chicago resident to sign the petition
jmowreader
(53,583 posts)Rename the block of East Kinsie Street between Wabash Avenue and North Rush Street "Hillary Rodham Clinton Promenade," the section of the Chicago River between the Wabash Avenue and Michigan Avenue Bridges the "Joseph Robinette Biden Waterway," the Chicago Riverwalk between Michigan and Wabash the "Jill Biden Fitness Path," Wacker Drive between Michigan and Wabash "Malia Obama Drive" and Lower Wacker Drive over the same route "Sasha Obama Drive."
louis-t
(24,706 posts)for a couple days. Right next to the House of Blues and the parking towers that were used in a Steve McQueen movie. We walked by a few times. There was was one rent-a-cop guarding the place. Some people we were with wanted to go up to the 12th floor or wherever the scenic balcony was. You had to walk through a restaurant to get outside.There was a snotty hostess that said we would have to buy something if we wanted to go out there. Typical. We said we would and went out to take photos. When we came back in, she was gone and we left. We talked about peeing in the elevator on the way down but there was probably a camera, so...
lees1975
(7,243 posts)Buzz cook
(2,936 posts).
Totally Tunsie
(12,252 posts)My memory was jogged and I asked AI: "Was this the building project given to Bill Rancic from The Apprentice?"
and the answer came back:
Some well-deserved irony here!