![]() Name-change proposal, which he thought had been scheduled for Wednesday. Vallone said he had waited to come out against the proposal “because I hoped it would go away.” He had hoped to time the release of the statement to the Council’s vote on the The city would not rename the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Queensboro Bridge should be treated equally.” ![]() Vallone wrote, “but renaming a landmark so closely linked to our borough’s culture and history is not appropriate. “Mayor Ed Koch is truly a great man and deserving of an honor like this,” Mr. (His district includes Astoria, but does not include Long Island City, the neighborhood on the Queens side of the bridge.) Koch’s 86th birthday, said, “Like Ed Koch, the bridge is a resilient, hard-working New York City icon that’sīeen bringing people together for a long time – and will probably outlast us all.” His suggested new name for the bridge was Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.īut then on Tuesday, seemingly out of nowhere, came a statement from Councilman Peter F. Bloomberg, who made the announcement on the occasion of Mr. Went on to evoke the Simon and Garfunkel classic, “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy),” (invoking the bridge’s accepted alternative name) to show her enthusiasm, noting that “there is no one in our city groovier Bloomberg said that he wanted to rename the Queensboro Bridge after another political figure, this time a quintessential New Yorker: the former mayor,įellow politicians warmly embraced the idea, which required City Council approval. The bridge that connects Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx carries the name of a former senator, Robert F. The bridge that links Manhattan to New Jersey bears the name of a former president, George Washington. Todd Heisler/The New York Times Not the Eddie, said Mr.
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