NYC name changes bother me (New York, York: living, build, venues)

[makossa]

The GE building use to be the RCA building.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by sirtiger

so what is that giant complex on 8th avenue called?

The Port Authority Bus Terminal. Or PABT. Or just the bus terminal.

It's a bus terminal. It's not a port authority.

[nybbler]

Originally Posted by sirtiger

so what is that giant complex on 8th avenue called?

Which giant complex? The bus terminal, or the building at 15th with "Port of New York Authority" carved in stone above its entrance? :-)

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by nybbler

Which giant complex? The bus terminal, or the building at 15th with "Port of New York Authority" carved in stone above its entrance? :-)

Hahaha, good one. And that name was changed to the more accurate "Port Authority of New York and New Jersey" more than 30 years ago. I guess they couldn't change the name on the building, though.

I worked for a while at One Madison Avenue, which was the original Met Life Building and for about four years, the tallest building in Manhattan. And when I walked out on the Park Avenue South side and looked north, I'd see a big black building that said MET LIFE on the top.

[sheaosaurus]

I wonder if anyone still calls JFK Idlewild.

[sirtiger]

Originally Posted by K 22

The official name is "Port Authority Bus Terminal."

When I was a kid, it was called the scary bus station with the bowling alley.

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

The Port Authority Bus Terminal. Or PABT. Or just the bus terminal.

It's a bus terminal. It's not a port authority.

Originally Posted by nybbler

Which giant complex? The bus terminal, or the building at 15th with "Port of New York Authority" carved in stone above its entrance? :-)

I admit just calling it the port authority even though its the agency offical name. I asked to be sure if there wasn't some other name.

[citylove101]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. New names for highways, streets, and bridges will only "stick" if they're short and no harder to say than the old names. Maybe a few exceptions I cant think of, but generally I think this is true.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by sirtiger

I admit just calling it the port authority even though its the agency offical name. I asked to be sure if there wasn't some other name.

There isn't. But maybe we can start a campaign to name it the sirtiger bus terminal!

[sirtiger]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

There isn't. But maybe we can start a campaign to name it the sirtiger bus terminal!

now that is really soiling my handle!

[Kefir King]

Originally Posted by bill83

Since we already have a "Koch" bridge, aka Queensboro Bridge, What do you think about the following?

Brooklyn Bridge ==> Bloomberg Bridge
Manhattan Bridge ==> Giuliani Bridge
Williamsburg Bridge ==> Dinkins Bridge

And then next year paint over the GUILIANI BRIDGE sign with QUINN BRIDGE.

(We live about 80 years and bridges live to be 100 or more? Isn't it stupiid to keep changing names every couple decades? Worse, to honor dishonorable politicians.)