Bloomberg Legacy: Renaming Critical Infrastructure

For over 100 years the only other name the Queensboro Bridge had was the Manhattan-centric “59th Street Bridge” — that is about to change:

The Bloomberg administration is set to announce plans on Wednesday to rename the Queensboro Bridge, the Midtown muse of Simon and Garfunkel and a steel signature of the city’s skyline, after former Mayor Edward I. Koch, who turns 86 this month.

Why Koch? Mayor Koch was the last third term mayor the city had, third terms being notoriously lame. Maybe Bloomberg is telegraphing something . . . I’m just not sure what. Maybe this means that in twenty years Cathie Black will rename the Manhattan Bridge for him?

Location Scout: Queensboro Bridge.