As a long time resident of East 12 Street (I am between A & B) a project I looked into but never took on is to have East 12 Street between 1st and A renamed Allen Ginsberg Way. It is a totally doable project requiring signatures and bringing it up the community board #3. Anyone interested in taking on such project?
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nope! sorry members of NAMBLA don't deserve to be honored in any way!
ReplyDeletenope. who cares? leave the street name as it is. that's so annoying.
ReplyDeleteThat's my block! I think it would be a wonderful distinction. I remember Allen saying "bravissimo" when we planted the first tree on the block.
ReplyDeletei don't know about now but the message on nambla's phone used to specifically encourage young boys to join and tell them that it was ok. that they were different.
ReplyDelete(i called because there were street demonstrations next door to my apartment where the "head?" of nambla lived.
It is also my block. I will personally appear at any CB board meeting to vigorously oppose the renaming of this or any other street in honor of some half pint "celebrity." This whole street naming thing needs to stop.
ReplyDeleteI can understand an objection to all of these silly street namings, but to call Allen Ginsberg a 'half pint "celebrity"' is to deny the entire cultural history of the neighborhood in the 50s, 60s and 70s
ReplyDeleteHe was one of the most influential people of his generation and that alone deserves some respect.
YES!!!
ReplyDeleteCompromise: Arthur Russell Way?
ReplyDeleteRichard Hell Way!
ReplyDelete...some half pint "celebrity."...
ReplyDeleteName a more famous 20th century poet who is not Robert Frost? Come on. Ginsberg's as famous as you can get without having James DeFranco play in a move. Wait. That's already happened. He's not quite Lady Gaga famous but I"m pressed to think of anyone from the neighborhood who is more famous. Maybe Emma Goldman? Maybe Philip Glass? LES Jewels? Chloe? Nah. I'd go with Ginsberg.