On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:07:45 +0000, asdf wrote:

On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:18:00 -0000, John Rowland wrote:

What do you think of the petition by Brick Lane residents and shop and
restaurant owners to get Aldgate East renamed "Brick Lane" to boost
the area.

I hope they don't get their way. The station isn't in Brick lane, or very
near it.

It would also invite a flurry of other requests to rename stations for
commercial purposes, and would leave LU with no excuse to deny those
requests. Look forward to Waterloo being renamed London Eye, etc. Does
the name of South Kensington get changed to Museum Central or Royal
Albert Hall? Perhaps they could hold auctions - highest bidder gets to
name their station.

This already happens in the US, I believe.

I think it's unlikely that there would be any neighbourhood pressure to rename
Waterloo Station to London Eye Station. There might be some pressure from the
museums to rename South Kensington to something more museum-like, I suppose.

However, station name changes are not unknown here so the debate around this
is healthy. After all, the name of the station should be descriptive of the
area. If the area changes the name of the station should be up-for-grabs.

I think that we're talking "Brick Lane" as a neighbourhood rather than
strictly as a street.
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