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Originally Posted by donybrx
Yes...I recall in my own lifetime how tough it was to change the the "RCA" building in Rockefeller Center to "GE" after many decades; or the "PAN AM" building to "MetLIFE", among dozens of others...Cripes!..... We're talking about name changes against nearly insurmountable difficulties......  ...and there were big signs involved...Gosh! |
Sorry, but I'm afraid GE could buy the ESB tomorrow, and everyone the world over would STILL call it the Empire State Building, no matter how hard the company tried to change it. Really, just because you don't like the name doesn't mean you should pretend the unavoidable fact of life is that the FT will be the FT as long as it stands. You can call it 1 WTC if you like - that is the address - but the name "FT" will stick.
BTW, Bush had nothing to do with the naming of the tower, and Bush's eventual departure from office will have nothing to do with a hypothetical renaming of the tower. Total non-sequiter, and that IS what that Brit critic what wrong and ignorant about.