Gotham-ish t1_j6i62uj wrote on January 30, 2023 at 2:42 PM

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 on January 30, 2023 at 3:50 PM

Meet me on Fashion Avenue and 28th today at 3 pm.

LouisSeize t1_j6ij3jd wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:10 PM

I can't make it. I have a meeting on Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard.

cdavidg4 t1_j6imzdh wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:36 PM

Just curious do you refer to Park Avenue as Fourth Ave? It was similarly rebranded right?

Marlsfarp t1_j6ivurn wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:31 PM

"Park" is just as easy to say as "4th." "Avenue of the Americas" is a mouthful.

cdavidg4 t1_j6ix7mw wrote on January 30, 2023 at 5:40 PM

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 on January 30, 2023 at 4:02 PM

"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.