What Was Wrong With “Liberty Plaza”?

The problem with renaming places for people who are still alive is that anything off-message that happens there could mean one’s “legacy is forever intertwined, if not over-shadowed” by said events:

John Zuccotti, 74, is co-chair of global real estate giant Brookfield Properties, the owner of the half-acre slice of pink granite and honey locust trees the Occupy Wall Street movement took over.

And even though the NYPD removed the tent city that crammed the park, friends say Zuccotti worries his legacy is forever intertwined, if not over-shadowed by the showdown.

“He was very worried about it,[“] former Mayor Ed Koch told the Daily News after speaking with Zuccotti recently. “He said, ‘Everybody knows my name, Zuccotti, not because of what I’ve done as an individual, but because of the park.'”

“It’s been a difficult time for him,[“] Koch said.

Still, in the eyes of the populist OWS protest, he’s now considered part of the problem — a member of the countrys wealthiest 1%.

Better to stick to old tried-and-true names — George Washington, for example.