一份将第56街和第57街之间的第五大道街区重新命名为“巴拉克·奥巴马总统大道”的请愿书已经获得了近40万人的签名。这条街的特定部分正是唐纳德·特朗普总统著名的特朗普大厦所在的地方。

伊丽莎白·罗文在10月发起的“动起来”请愿活动，在周六的新闻发布会上有385，547人签名——离400，000人的目标只有14，453人签名。

最初罗文只寻求75，000个签名。然而，社交媒体的团结帮助请愿书获得了远远超出她最初目标的签名，因为全国各地的人们都通过分享流行标签#ObamaAve鼓励其他人签名。

周末，数十人走上讲台，暗示奥巴马作为总司令的诸多成就足以成为在纽约街头纪念他的理由。“美国历史上最好的总统。一位用户周六早上写道:“有史以来最好的健康计划，开放了数百万个工作岗位，没有对外战争，没有仇恨，没有移民儿童，所有人都没有种族歧视地恋爱了。”。

一些人建议特朗普大厦所在的其他城市街道效仿纽约市的做法。" #奥巴马夫人这是纽约的好消息！也许我们应该在拉斯维加斯发起一项请愿，改变鼓点酒店所在的拉斯维加斯的街道名称。街道名称目前是“时装秀大道”，但我认为#米歇尔·奥巴马五世会是一个很棒的新名字！另一位评论者写道。

请愿书向纽约市长比尔·德·布拉西奥发表演说，要求用新的街道名称更新第五大道范围内的所有地址，这意味着特朗普大厦的地址将改为“纽约州纽约市巴拉克·奥巴马大道725号，邮编10022”

请愿书引用了洛杉矶最近对奥巴马的认可，其中洛杉矶市中心附近的134号高速公路的一部分以前总统的名字重新命名，建议以他的名字重新命名第五大道街区，这将是纽约市庆祝奥巴马八年总统任期的一种方式。

“我们要求纽约市市长和市议会也这样做，以前总统的名字命名第五大道的一个街区，他的许多成就包括:把我们的国家从大衰退中拯救出来；在任期间服务于两个完全没有丑闻的任期；请愿书上写道:“除掉911事件的策划者奥萨马·本·拉登，那次事件导致3000多名纽约人丧生。”。

罗宁之前告诉过新闻周刊请愿书“一开始只是一个笑话”

“我看到一个喜剧演员开玩笑说，如果特朗普以前总统奥巴马的名字命名，那会让他非常生气，我想为什么不呢，”她解释道。

城市条例共同命名一条街道，要求在发起街道更名申请之前，获奖者必须死亡至少两年。然而，罗宁说，她仍然计划写信给白思豪和纽约市，她的请求得到了大力支持。

“我确信条件可以改变，洛杉矶有两条街道是以前总统奥巴马的名字命名的。这些法律是任意的，可以变通，”56岁的他说。

美国各地的城市都建立了以奥巴马名字命名的地标，包括印第安纳州奥尔巴尼镇(Albany town)，那里的一条道路被命名为巴拉克·奥巴马大道(Barack Obama Way)，以及佛罗里达州帕霍克的巴拉克·奥巴马大道(Barack Obama Boulevard)。在奥巴马曾经是参议员的伊利诺伊州，55号州际公路的一部分被更名为巴拉克·奥巴马总统高速公路。


 

PRESIDENT BARACK H. OBAMA AVE.? NEARLY 400,000 HAVE SIGNED PETITION TO RENAME STREET OUTSIDE TRUMP TOWER

A "President Barack H. Obama Avenue" has gained nearly 400,000 signatures. That specific part of the street is exactly where President Donald Trump's famous Trump Tower is located.

The MoveOn petition, launched by Elizabeth Rowin in October, had 385,547 signatures—just 14,453 signatures away from its 400,000 goal—at press time on Saturday.

Originally Rowin was seeking just 75,000 signatures. However, social media solidarity has helped the petition receive signatures far beyond her initial goal as people all across the country have encouraged others to sign by sharing the trending hashtag #ObamaAve.

Over the weekend, dozens of people took to the platform to suggest Obama's many accomplishments as commander-in-chief were more than enough reasons to honor him with a street in the Big Apple. "The best president in American history. The best health program of all time, opening millions jobs, no foreign war, no hate, no immigrant children held, all the people were in love without racial discrimination #ObamaAve #EmptySeatMAGATour," one user wrote on Saturday morning.

Some folks recommended for other city streets housing Trump Towers to follow the New York City pursuit. "#ObamaAve This is great news for New York! Maybe we should start a Las Vegas petition to change the street name in Vegas where the drump hotel is. The street name is currently "Fashion Show Drive" but I think #MichelleObamaDrive would be a great new name!" another commenter wrote.

Addressing New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio, the petition requests for all addresses located within that stretch of Fifth Avenue to be updated with the new street name, which would mean Trump Tower's address would change to "725 Barack H. Obama Avenue, New York, NY 10022."

Citing Los Angeles' recent recognition of Obama, of which a portion of the 134 Freeway near Downtown Los Angeles was renamed after the former president, the petition suggested renaming the Fifth Avenue block after him would be a way for New York City to celebrate Obama's eight-year presidency.

"We request the New York City Mayor and City Council do the same by renaming a block of Fifth Avenue after the former president whose many accomplishments include: saving our nation from the Great Recession; serving two completely scandal-free terms in office; and taking out Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind September 11th, which killed over 3,000 New Yorkers," the petition read.

Rownin previously told Newsweek the petition "started out as just a joke."

"I saw a comedian joke about how it would make Trump so mad if it was named after former President Obama and thought why not," she explained.

City ordinances for co-naming a street require an honoree to be deceased for at least two years before a petition to rename a street is launched. However, Rownin said she still had plans to write to De Blasio and New York City with her heavily-supported request.