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Street naming became a point of controversy a couple of years ago; however, earlier this year Run-DMC got an intersection named after them in Queens, this week Where the Wild Things Are got a temporary street name... so now should the northeast corner of Central Park West and West 72nd Street be named for John Lennon?
West Side Spirit reports that a longtime Beatles fan, Toni Diffley, is lobbying for "John Lennon Boulevard" to happen by next year (we'd argue that John Lennon Way sounds a little nicer, however).
December 8th, 2010 will mark the 30th anniversary of Lennon's murder outside of his home in the Dakota apartment building. The site notes that Diffley was expected to appear at an October 13 Community Board 7 meeting to push for the renaming, and has declared, “He did so much for New York City. Doesn’t he deserve a street renamed after him on the street he lived and was murdered on?” Amongst her reasons for the renaming, she noted his close ties to the neighborhood.
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if runDMC does, why not Lennon?
I don't have strong feelings about the Beatles, but I don't see how you could argue against Lennon getting a street named after him. His influence is indisputable and his ties to New York are well-known. The photo of Lennon in the NYC shirt is iconic.
It should be Lauren Bacall Way. No, Boris Karloff Street. How about Judy Garland Place? They all lived in the Dakota.
How about we stick to some original names. If it's not a corporation wanting a name it has to be a person.
It's about time we have a Fluuuuurflurnippy Blvd, no?
Ms. Diffley,
BOULEVARD actually MEANS something:
Usually a wide, multi-lane arterial thoroughfare, divided with a median down the center, and roadways along each side designed as slow travel and parking lanes and for bicycle and pedestrian usage, often with an above-average quality of landscaping and scenery. The division into peripheral roads for local use and a central main thoroughfare for regional traffic is a principal feature of the boulevard. Larger and busier boulevards usually feature a median.
You can't just throw words around cuz you like the way it sounds. Speaking of.... yeah, John Lennon Way totally does sound better!!
There's a Lennon Court and Abbey Road way out in Greenridge, Staten Island
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=staten+island&sll=40.868154,-73.425676&sspn=0.160449,0.241356&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Staten+Island,+Richmond,+New+York&ll=40.561009,-74.161363&spn=0.002519,0.003771&z=18
www.forgotten-ny.com
U2 can have theirs, where the streets have no name.
As I recall, didn't Lennon not really like NY that much? He sort of moved here to get away from the band break up and because yoko wanted to move here.
Poor Julian. Feel sorry for the guy. Sean get's all theh praise and honor while Julian (who sounds and acts more like his father than Sean) get's the scarlet letter.
John Lennon wasn't a good father and he was a drunk.
i think he was running from 95 percent income tax in the UK as well
U2 supports Bloomberg, that's why they get a street name. Beside, The Edge has already given his name ot a Williamsburg condo tower.
If Lennon gets a street, so should Marx.
What exactly did John Lennon do for New York City that would warrant a street or intersection named after him?
Was that ugly Yoko thing here before he moved here or after?
why not? he really was part of manhattan.
he didn't have bodyguards.
they're still part of the city.
he should've had a street named after him a long time ago
How about strata de Frank Sinatra ? or CBGB Parkway? or Edwin Booth Boulevard? or Michael Jackson Boulevard? or Avenue of the Americas?
In thirty years no one will give a shit about John Lennon or Michael Jackson except for some that just can't give it up. Witness the fools that still think Elvis was a great guy.
The man's already got Strawberry Fields in the park, he doesn't need another shrine dedicated to him.
If they haven't named a street after him in Liverpool, why should NY?
Get serious, folks.
They did name their airport after him...Teterboro, anybody?
He made enough money on his albums, he doesn't need more.
I appreciate his music but what exactly did he do for NYC to merit such an honor?
Agreed.
He wore a NY t-shirt.
How about Andy Warhol or Lou Reed? They were more about NY than Lennon.
He kept the dreaded Yoko in her cave while the city rebuilt from her last attack?
Hey why just a mere "street" or "avenue" Lennon should have a "pothole" or an "alley" named after him.
Check out the great documentary "The U.S. vs. John Lennon". Amongst other things, it covers the story of how John fought for his greencard for years. Nixon attempted to have him deported because of his pacifist activism. In the Daily News, Yoko was quoted as saying John loved New York "because it's the most culturally developed city in the world. He was an intellectual, so he felt a part of that." She also said that they had an anonymity in NY that they hadn't enjoyed since the start of Beatlemania.
John Lennon's love of New York was no secret.
And for the record, I live in the neighborhood and I like "John Lennon Way", too.
maybe he "loved" new york so vocally because the president of the US was trying to have him deported? jus' sayin.
Lennon was barred by Nixon not for 'pacifism', but for pot possession( as are thousands of others) and for giving money to radicals to disrupt violently the Republican National Convetion.
My mother, a real socialist, knew Lennon, and she said he was a phony "working class hero", a cheap bum who would tip 10% to the working waitresses, like her.
Lennon was hype.
John Lennon was a great songwriter.
Maybe she was a bad waitress.
(Sorry thefacts, I just couldn't resist that one. I'm evil by nature.)
Sorry, pal. Dustin Hoffman gave her great tips. So did Warhol. Sinatra once gave her a hundred.
Lennon, like you, was simply a misanthrope.
He wrote some catchy tunes and had a political opinion. Big deal. What great service or selfless act did he provide to this city exactly?
Personally, I'd rather see Dan Aykroyd honoured, he's given New York one of it's most famous ongoing 'local' properties, the Ghostbusters.
I like his song but NY has other zillion name. Why???