History in NYC
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Well at least NY is using common sense for a change regarding signage. Then there's all the nav tools out there to be updated!
https://abc7ny.com/traffic/gov-cuomo-signs-bill-to-correct-verrazano-bridge-spelling/4384184/
https://abc7ny.com/traffic/gov-cuomo-signs-bill-to-correct-verrazano-bridge-spelling/4384184/
The correct name is Verrazzano. Named after Giovanni Da Verrazzano an Italian explorer in 1524 who was the first to explore the East Coast of North America. The name is spelled with two "ZZ" not two "NN". You know what, who cares, they should have renamed it with a shorter name like "Smith".
I think he deserves to have his name spelled correctly. He was the first European to see the Hudson River (80 years before Henry Hudson). Also Cape Fear, Pamlico Sound, and Newport. He came to an unfortunate end when he was eaten four years later by the Caribs probably on Guadeloupe.
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You can get some back from the deposit I just paid on soda bottles at Stop and Shop.
True, he made some great discoveries. Having said that he also thought the Hudson was a lake and Pamlico Sound was the start of the Pacific, so a little further refinement was needed from his successors. Not bad though for being one of the first Europeans around there.
They can spell it anyway they want. It still costs the same to cross it. I think it is $16.00 or maybe that's the Lincoln Tunnel, maybe we should change that name too, or maybe spell it differently!
Seems to be the norm now.
Seems to be the norm now.
You do know the bridge was built in the 1960's!
Varrazanno helped the Europeans steal America from the Indians. We should tear the bridge down!
for tax payer frustration. Up here in the Whites, we have two mountains in the Presidentials that bear presidents' names, but were actually named after someone else. Mount Pierce was formerly Mount Clinton, after a 19th century Governor. They could have saved tax payer $s on that one. Mount Clay is suppose to be Mount Reagan now, but I never hear anyone refer to it as such. If you hike it, there are a lot of other names you might refer to it as.-Will (Dragonfly)
He was frustrated by frivolous taxes? Maybe that was it?! Just imagine all the state letterheads that had to be reprinted after he fell. That was my first thought when I heard. But, I think we are still pretending he's up there, so we don't have to remake all those signs.
-Will (Dragonfly)
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Gene is trying to poke fun, but unfortunately the way this country is going he is not to far off base. By the way I like his posts. I guess people just can't get over a loss. (I am sure you know what I am referring to)
While sailing to the Canaries, my father met a couple from Macedonia. They moved aboard their boat and were sailing the World. They explained that they couldn't wait to get away where everyone still resented the fact that Alexander's empire was gone and had hopes of recapturing their former glory.
-Will (Dragonfly)