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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
(73,022 posts)wyn borkins
(1,469 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
(24,016 posts)I like your idea.
YodaMom2
(229 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
(24,757 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
(4,120 posts)north martin luther king avenue which exists in many places already
Torchlight
(7,126 posts)found elsewhere in town.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,757 posts)... "recalculating" ...
CrispyQ
(41,146 posts)wyn borkins
(1,469 posts)LuvLoogie
(8,987 posts)ananda
(35,656 posts)Everyone would still know what it meant.
reACTIONary
(7,345 posts).... Giving directions, people would just say Wabash. Otherwise, it could be abbreviated BHO, just as MLK is used for King,
stage left
(3,371 posts)How many other Obamas has anyone heard of?
surfered
(14,727 posts)Blue Owl
(59,818 posts)One and done thatll send the pedo racist into a fatal rage
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multigraincracker
(38,188 posts)niyad
(134,751 posts)GusBob
(8,316 posts)Hope the name change does not bring in new tenants
ProfessorGAC
(77,495 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
(95,862 posts)Renew Deal
(85,446 posts)Quagmire Rd.
Eyeran St
3catwoman3
(29,971 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
(1,686 posts)(said in Siris voice)
ChicagoTeamster
(1,364 posts)mcar
(46,486 posts)Janbdwl72
(295 posts)Hope it is expedited to take place as quickly as possible.
FakeNoose
(42,771 posts)Wouldn't that be the greatest thing?!
electric_blue68
(27,642 posts)berksdem
(935 posts)can't we just have these wee little wins!
FSogol
(47,682 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(17,962 posts)He'll rip out what is left of his hair 🙀
Figarosmom
(14,172 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
(77,495 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
(14,172 posts)drmeow
(6,034 posts)pay premium dollar for the hotel rooms that are booked and probably some of the office space, too
ProfessorGAC
(77,495 posts)But, I don't buy it.
drmeow
(6,034 posts)Trump launders money through his various ventures?
ProfessorGAC
(77,495 posts)For me, it's not even a logical way to launder money no matter who is involved.
Passages
(4,608 posts)twodogsbarking
(19,589 posts)Passages
(4,608 posts)electric_blue68
(27,642 posts)dlk
(13,395 posts)This is a really good idea.