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demmiblue

(36,806 posts)
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:06 PM Jun 2020

De Blasio wants 'Black Lives Matter' mural painted in front of Trump Tower: report

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio wants the city to paint a Black Lives Matter mural on the street in front of Trump Tower, according to a report.

A source told the New York Post the mural would be painted on Fifth Avenue, between 56th and 57th streets, while claiming that the mayor “is doing it to antagonize the president.”

The plan has already been “finalized,” another source told the outlet. The mural “will be stenciled outside Trump Tower… sometime before July 4th weekend,” the outlet reported.

New York City is already painting “Black Lives Matter” murals on streets in each of the five boroughs as part of an initiative de Blasio announced earlier this month.

https://1010wins.radio.com/articles/de-blasio-wants-blm-mural-painted-at-trump-tower-report


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De Blasio wants 'Black Lives Matter' mural painted in front of Trump Tower: report (Original Post) demmiblue Jun 2020 OP
Do it ASAP. dalton99a Jun 2020 #1
That's awesome soothsayer Jun 2020 #2
Good. RockRaven Jun 2020 #3
What they really need to do is to rename Fifth Avenue to Totally Tunsie Jun 2020 #4
+1 K&R onetexan Jun 2020 #5
At least the block TT is on... manhattan123 Jun 2020 #6
Also, put a 50 foot statue of Obama in central park just over the wall on 5th Ave and 59th. Renew Deal Jun 2020 #9
NY doesn't do boulevards. Ave or Street. Pick one Renew Deal Jun 2020 #8
Is this the same Bill de Blasio who blamed the protesters for HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #7
Meaningless symbolism... brooklynite Jun 2020 #10
Excellent idea. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 #11

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
4. What they really need to do is to rename Fifth Avenue to
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:15 PM
Jun 2020

Obama Boulevard so that Chump Tower has to use this new address.

The BLM is a good start, though.

manhattan123

(302 posts)
6. At least the block TT is on...
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:23 PM
Jun 2020

NYC actually sometimes renames just a single block for dignitaries or celebrities. Most folks and businesses on Fifth (it stretches for miles) wouldn't want to give up a Fifth Avenue address, but the city could easily rename the block where Trump Tower is to Obama Way.

 

HotTeaBag

(1,206 posts)
7. Is this the same Bill de Blasio who blamed the protesters for
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:31 PM
Jun 2020

forcing the police to run their cars into them about three weeks ago in Brooklyn?

Finger in the air much Bill?

brooklynite

(94,266 posts)
10. Meaningless symbolism...
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 01:42 PM
Jun 2020

I have no objection to painting signs (not a fan on streets however, since traffic will obscure it, but Trump doesn't live there and doesn't visit there, so what's the point?

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