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Old 12-21-2016, 10:57 AM
 
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Why is Fenway Park on Yawkey Way? It's named after basically the worst owner ever. He put out perpetually terrible teams, he hated Fenway Park, and was a horrible Racist.
why don't we rename the street after John Henry, he saved Fenway Park and won 3 Championships for the Sox, that's a guy worth honoring.
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Old 12-21-2016, 11:45 AM
 
Location: Cleveland and Columbus OH
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People get "honored" way too much.

Not sure what was wrong with Jersey Street.
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Old 12-22-2016, 06:39 AM
 
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Leave it alone.
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Old 12-22-2016, 08:47 AM
 
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People get "honored" way too much.
One egregious example is Templeton Street in Dorchester, now named Monsignor Patrick J. Lydon Way. wtf? Who is that? What if you came late to the scene, you're not a St Mark's parishioner and don't necessarily want to be associated with a forgotten Catholic priest? Maybe you're Jewish or Baptist or Muslim or anything but an old school Irish Catholic-- would you want to buy a house on "Monsignor Patrick J. Lydon Way?"
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Old 12-22-2016, 09:01 AM
 
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Leave it alone.
why, all Yawkey did was not die for a while, he has zero accomplishments.
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Old 12-22-2016, 09:08 AM
 
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why, all Yawkey did was not die for a while, he has zero accomplishments.



Could care less what the man did or did not do. Yawkey way will forever be Yawkey way to me. Renaming it because the man upsets you just seems...meh

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Old 12-22-2016, 09:34 AM
 
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Boston Law prohibits changing names of streets after famous sports figures. Blaspheme is another word. Die Hard Bostonian here.
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Old 08-18-2017, 09:03 AM
 
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Can we PLEASE stop naming streets, bridges, tunnels, greenways etc after people?!!!

No one is perfect, everyone has skeletons.

Lets just call them:
Bunker Hill Bridge
Airport Tunnel
etc.
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Old 08-18-2017, 12:23 PM
 
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Theo Blvd or Lucchino Ln have nice rings to them. Maybe Papi Way?
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Old 08-18-2017, 01:21 PM
 
Location: North of Boston
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Pedro Place
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