The Go-Betweens Bridge Goes Between Milton and South Brisbane
Influential Australian indie-rock band The Go-Betweens are to receive an honor perfectly befitting their name: a bridge named after them. The Go Between Bridge, currently under construction in their hometown of Brisbane, was so-named after a public vote on eleven suggested names. It will connect Milton and South Brisbane over the Brisbane River.
It's not uncommon for musicians or other prominent figures to have roads named after them, but such an appropriate naming of a major structure is rare. It'd be great if Australia also had a Highway To Hell, but finding a town mayor happy to receive that road might be tricky. Liverpool's airport is named after John Lennon, but San Francisco's isn't named after Jefferson Airplane. Decatur, Illinois is the birthplace of Alison Krauss, which gives it the option of having trains arrive at the somewhat awkward Alison Krauss and Union Station. OK, so they're unlikely to take up that option, but if officials in Oakland, California, ever get round to honoring their funk heritage, all they have to do is re-christen a high building the Tower of Power. That's a no-brainer, right?
Can you think of more highly appropriate honors?
--Ally @ SoundUnwound
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Size on October 08, 2009 at 05:09 AM
Perhaps some enterprising New Yorker could sell papers and magazines at a Huey Lewis and the News Stand?
How about public utilities? Does any place have a Power Station Power Station?