• @Stovetop
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    1714 days ago

    Why not just call it “Stonewall”?

    The T which serves the Boston area has a lot of stops that are very directly named, just 1 or 2 words that are short and to the point. Ashmont, Davis, Porter, Back Bay, Braintree, Alewife, Harvard, etc.

    No one wants to hear “Now arriving at Christopher Street Stonewall National Monument”

    • Flying Squid
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      514 days ago

      No one wants to hear “Now arriving at Christopher Street Stonewall National Monument”

      Disagree. Any tourist who doesn’t know about Stonewall will now know that station has a national monument and will want to know why.

      I wish everyone knew about Stonewall, but they don’t.

      • @Stovetop
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        514 days ago

        Fair points, though I definitely wouldn’t suggest to a New Yorker that the MTA should cater to the needs of tourists first, haha.

    • @[email protected]
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      114 days ago

      And those names work pretty well! Except for things like Arlington (street/station) being nowhere near Arlington (city). Not sure what that’s about.

    • @[email protected]
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      114 days ago

      Naming transit stops after the street they’re on and/or a nearby landmark is a pretty common practice. I don’t know what you’re on about.