特朗普大廈所在街道要改名？逾10萬人請願：改成「奧巴馬大道」

Petition to rename street in front of Trump Tower after Barack Obama receives nearly 100,000 signatures

以巴拉克?奧巴馬的名字重新命名特朗普大廈門前街道的請願書收到了近10萬個簽名

來源：英國《獨立報》翻譯：世界播

Nearly 100,000 people have signed an online petition urging New York City to rename a portion of the Manhattan avenue that runs in front of Trump Tower after Barack Obama.

近10萬人在網上籤署請願書，敦促紐約市將特朗普大廈（位於曼哈頓大道）前的部分路段改名為「巴拉克?奧巴馬大道」。

The petition is on MoveOn.org, and states that the renaming of the street after Mr Obama would mean that any building addresses on the block 「should be changed accordingly」.

請願書在MoveOn.org網站上發布，並指出，以奧巴馬的名字重新命名這條街道將意味著，該街區的任何建築地址「都應該相應地改變」。

And, if the name does get changed alongside all of those addresses, that would mean Donald Trump』s tower in the heart of the city would bear the name of his predecessor – a man he has openly disdained.

而且，如果所有這些地址的名字都被更改，那就意味著位於市中心的唐納德?特朗普大廈的地址將變成以他前任名字命名的地址，而特朗普總統的這位前任曾公開蔑視他。

That address, should the petition succeed? 725 President Barack H Obama Ave.

為這個街道地址改名「奧巴馬大道725號」的請願能成功嗎？

As of Wednesday morning, the petition had received over 97,000 digital signatures, urging mayor Bill de Blasio to take action on the issue.

截至周三上午，請願書已獲得逾9.7萬個民眾的在線簽名，敦促白思豪市長就此採取行動。

Elizabeth Rowin, who started the petition, told Newsweek that the whole thing started as a joke, but the idea has only gained steam since it was posted online.

發起請願活動的伊麗莎白?羅文告訴《新聞周刊》，請願活動一開始只是一個笑話，但該請願在網上發布後很快就火了起來。

Illustrating the popularity of the idea, Ms Rowin said that she has heard from 「several」 city council members in the city supporting the idea.

羅文表示，她已經從該市「幾位」市議會成員那裡聽到了支持這一請願的聲音，這說明了它的受歡迎程度。

But, there is one problem: city ordinance prohibits renaming a street in New York after a person until they are dead.

但是，有一個問題：紐約市的城市法規禁止用一個活著的人的名字重新命名街道。

「I am sure the laws can be worked around,」 she told the news magazine. 「There are two streets in LA named after former president Obama.」

對此，她告訴《新聞雜誌》：「我相信規定是可以變通的，畢竟洛杉磯已經有兩條以美國前總統奧巴馬命名的街道。」

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