ShonTron
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Why does this city seem to like bad names? I see it all the time here, and it applies as much to public-sector things as private-sector developments.
Recent examples:
Yonge-Dundas Square. I hate it, it was, and should be Dundas Square. Reading Kyle Rae's defense of his pet project to build the square and shopping complex, he keeps saying it. Damn the Downtown Yonge BIA for making a simple name so cumbersome.
The Toronto Rocket. Believe it or not, this won a "contest" for a new name for a subway car, by some woman from Mississauga. It's such a meaningless word. The TTC should have stuck with its current identifiers, and called it the B-1, for Bombardier, or chose something more imaginative. Hopefully a better name will come with time.
Metrolinx. I hate seeing this name in print so often these days. It is such an outdated, faux-hip, undescriptive name probably designed just to satisfy not paying much for a web domain name and keep those politicans in Hamilton and Mississauga happy by not mentioning the name of this city region in the title.
Then there's publicly-funded private projects with bad names. Bell Lightbox is a great example. I'm not going into corportatized names, because often the US can be much worse. Quicken Loans Arena, anyone?
/Rant
Recent examples:
Yonge-Dundas Square. I hate it, it was, and should be Dundas Square. Reading Kyle Rae's defense of his pet project to build the square and shopping complex, he keeps saying it. Damn the Downtown Yonge BIA for making a simple name so cumbersome.
The Toronto Rocket. Believe it or not, this won a "contest" for a new name for a subway car, by some woman from Mississauga. It's such a meaningless word. The TTC should have stuck with its current identifiers, and called it the B-1, for Bombardier, or chose something more imaginative. Hopefully a better name will come with time.
Metrolinx. I hate seeing this name in print so often these days. It is such an outdated, faux-hip, undescriptive name probably designed just to satisfy not paying much for a web domain name and keep those politicans in Hamilton and Mississauga happy by not mentioning the name of this city region in the title.
Then there's publicly-funded private projects with bad names. Bell Lightbox is a great example. I'm not going into corportatized names, because often the US can be much worse. Quicken Loans Arena, anyone?
/Rant