“The building is beautiful, the service is impeccable,” Marjorie Jacobs, a resident of the Upper West Side complex currently known as Trump Place told Bloomberg in October, “But the name is very embarrassing.” An outcry by similarly-minded residents and a petition have culminated in the decision to remove the president-elect’s name from the buildings and instead name them according to their street addresses at 140, 160 and 180 Riverside Boulevard, reports Crains. Equity Residential, the buildings’ Chicago-based landlord confirmed Tuesday that “We are assuming a more neutral building identity that will appeal to all current and future residents.” The name […]
Upper West Side buildings to dump Trump name following petition : 6sqft