This paper focuses on the renaming of streets in Bucharest, Romania over the 1990 1997 period as one component of the 'modern historical geographies' of post-socialist change.
Advocates of the renaming differ on the meaning of the move.
Community Board 5 plans a vote Thursday on the renaming, said Lola Finkelstein, the chairwoman.
The petition still has a long way to go — it must be approved by the community board and then the City Council, said the local councilwoman, Melissa Mark-Viverito, who said she did not yet have a position on the renaming.
Grand Central pioneered the concept of selling "air rights" for buildings over the train tracks and rail storage areas, a concept that turned unsightly Fourth Avenue into some of the world's most valuable real estate on the renamed Park Avenue.
In his office, there is no portrait of the complete city, only photographs taken in his half of the city from the viewing balcony of the Saray Hotel, the tallest building on the renamed Ataturk Square.
In February Dow Jones announced a writeoff for 1997 of $923 million on the renamed Dow Jones Markets.
A trust spokesman said: "The trust will make an announcement on the renaming of the hospital when the plans for the transition of services are released later this month".
