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Christopher DeWolf
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no, the STM has a moratorium on renaming metro stations. parc metro will remain parc.
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disparishun
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I'm not so sure ... that moratorium has only been around since they renamed Longueuil to Longueuil-Université-de-Sherbrooke a few years ago, and I have the impression they'd reopen it if they felt they had a good reason to -- as though it were more of a safety valve than a hard and fast rule.
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tudararms
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I posted elsewhere on this topic, not seeing the thread here...
I would advocate for renaming NPS, but absolutely not for corporate naming rights. It is too important a space for that. I'd prefer a civic name for the square that is more meaningful for and to the people of Toronto. That said, I do feel that Nathan Phillips should be commemorated in some way in the square, whether it be a historic plaque or something like that.
I would advocate for renaming NPS, but absolutely not for corporate naming rights. It is too important a space for that. I'd prefer a civic name for the square that is more meaningful for and to the people of Toronto. That said, I do feel that Nathan Phillips should be commemorated in some way in the square, whether it be a historic plaque or something like that.
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spmarshall
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Yeah, let's demote Nathan Phillips to a plaque.
Funny that in every city that has a MLK Boulevard that I've been in, it is in or leads to the most segregated part of the city, be it Flint, Las Vegas or Chicago (which has pretty much shortened it to King Drive).
Funny that in every city that has a MLK Boulevard that I've been in, it is in or leads to the most segregated part of the city, be it Flint, Las Vegas or Chicago (which has pretty much shortened it to King Drive).
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building babel
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Mayor Phillips didn't pat himself on the back and name the Square after himself. Council named it in his honour for his symbolic significance to the city.
Time doesn't appear to have diminished his significance - as the prestige of the new NPS revitalization design competition attests.
Time doesn't appear to have diminished his significance - as the prestige of the new NPS revitalization design competition attests.
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21stcenturymichael
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Wow. You really need to pick up a history book.
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ahrvojic
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Just curious, how do people generally feel about this?
I have nothing against baseball (well, ok, I'm not exactly a fan of the sport), but I've always been kind of unhappy about Blue Jays Way. Obviously two huge back-to-back events worth commemorating somehow, but I wish it had been done some other way.
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Darkstar416
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I'm still surprised that Toronto hasn't renamed something in Trudeau's honour. I think the problem is more that there's been no compelling thing to name/re-name...yet.
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Mark Dowling
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I don't like naming things after living people on principle but it gets embarrassing too.
Look at that place in Alta. which named a rink after Messier and then wanted to sell naming rights so asked Messier if he wanted to pay to keep his own name which he never sought anyway on the rink!
Maybe we should put those hubcap ads on the Mayor's car, police cars and so on - like you see on taxis?
Look at that place in Alta. which named a rink after Messier and then wanted to sell naming rights so asked Messier if he wanted to pay to keep his own name which he never sought anyway on the rink!
Maybe we should put those hubcap ads on the Mayor's car, police cars and so on - like you see on taxis?
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spmarshall
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Yeah. I've always believed things should be named posthumously. At the very least, wait until if named for a politican, that they retire first. Brampton has two streets named for sitting politicans (Peter Robertson and Paul Biesel) who were later convicted of corruption or real estate fraud. In Mississauga, there's a long list of things named for Hazel (with likely a local committee as active as the committee to name everything after Ronald Reagan in the US). Half kidding.
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adma
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Taking the Nathan Phillips out of NPS is like taking the LaGuardia out of LaGuardia Airport. Nathan Phillips is *that* important...
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21stcenturymichael
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Classic Toronto lack of imagination or initiative. After TRudeau died, there was a groundswell of support (not from all quarters, though) to rename something in his honour. But the City bureaucrats got their hands on the proposal, and wrote a report to Council (here) explaining the multitude of reasons why it was too difficult to rename anything like a street after Trudeau. Just imagine the cost and the confusion!
The bureaucrats suggested that the lakeshore pedestrian bridge over the Humber be renamed after Trudeau, because it involved the least amount of "complications". The idea was rejected as the bridge was not sufficiently significant.
More than one person suggested that the (then) new Dundas Square be named after Trudeau, but that suggestion disappeared into a black hole over at City Hall. Kyle Rae publicly admitted that the City needed to preserve the option of selling the naming rights for the square, in order to pay for its completion.
Eventually, the initiative of naming something after Trudeau faded away in the face of bureaucratic apathy.
This is a city, after all, that can't even manage to eliminate duplicate street names left over after amalgamation. Someone died this past September because an ambulance was sent to Cavell Avenue in East York instead of Cavell Avenue in Etobicoke.
On a similar note, a major street in the Annex should be renamed to honour Jane Jacobs. Will it happen? No.
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building babel
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Perhaps Parc Downsview Park will be renamed after Trudeau?
Justin Trudeau, by the time it is finished.
Justin Trudeau, by the time it is finished.
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andreapalladio
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Of course not - she stated her opposition to any such move in her lifetime, and her opinion should be respected. The best monument to her is the city itself - her epitaph if necessary, would read like Wren's.
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billonlogan
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Re: Pierre Trudeau
A river or national park would be more suitable.
The canoe was one of his favourite ways of moving through the natural world. It took him to places that reflected the poetry of the nation he loved.
"Paddling a canoe is a source of enrichment and inner renewal," he once told me, "It carries a man into the truest part of himself."
Dr. Joseph MacInnis, Trudeau's friend for more than 30 years
A river or national park would be more suitable.
The canoe was one of his favourite ways of moving through the natural world. It took him to places that reflected the poetry of the nation he loved.
"Paddling a canoe is a source of enrichment and inner renewal," he once told me, "It carries a man into the truest part of himself."
Dr. Joseph MacInnis, Trudeau's friend for more than 30 years