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  • Author(s): Hertzberg, Hendrik
  • Source:
    New Yorker. 03/29/99, Vol. 75 Issue 5, p43. 2p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Cartoon or Caricature.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      PUBLIC spaces; PUBLIC officers; NAMES
    • Subject Terms:
      NEW York (State); UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      Focuses on renaming of public places in New York. Argument between the mayor and the governor on renaming West Side Highway after Joe DiMaggio; Scarcity of renameable places, amenities and buildings; Preemption of names as part of the financial package of an infrastructure; Role of officials in public place renaming deliberation.