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Originally Posted by ardecila
Am I the only one who liked the 606? The logo was awesome, and an unconventional park needs an unconventional name.
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There's plenty of history and culture in the area, and I think it's just a waste not to use a contextual name remembering or honoring that. Evoke a famous place, person, institution, whatever. Even just using "Bloomingdale" (as they seem to be doing now), or referring to the freight RR that built it or the industrial heritage, would be better than a semi meaningless number. There's plenty of disappearing history and culture, so why miss an opportunity to place a marker remembering it; to me this feels a little bit like letting ancient Bronzeville churches get bulldozed. And even if a new name is invented from whole cloth, at least have it be more descriptive or relevant. As for the logo, IMHO it looks like a bad attempt at deco, like a cover graphic for the menu for a greasy spoon in the lobby of a budget hotel.