From the Village Voice: While the city has had a number of nicknames over the years, no official second appellation exists. Now, one elected official is pushing the City Council to designate
“Gotham City” as New York City’s chief nickname just in time for the summer release of "Batman: The Dark Night."
Councilman Goes to Bat for 'Gotham City'
Queens Councilman Hiram Monserrate, who counts Batman as one of his childhood heroes, views his Gotham City pitch as a tourist lure. “I see that as a marketing tool, ‘Come visit the real Gotham City,’ taking advantage of this movie which will be one of those gate-breaking, record-selling movies like it always is,” he said.
6 comments:
If we're going to waste time on this nonsense, Hiram, at least adopt the "Big Apple" thing. Gotham? What are we, some third tier city that needs a marketing hook? C'mon.
Some batty pols belong on Randall's Island... I mean Arkham Asylum.
Some batty pols belong on Randall's Island... I mean Arkham Asylum.
being i'm from the ""fun city"" era, revive that one.
city council is a waste of 51million plus bucks a year.
why are they STILL in existence ?
I think Hiram's "brains" are full of bat guano!
What the hell does this guy do for a living
besides taking money
misrepresenting his constituents?
Hey, if you insist on a NYC bat theme.....
how about renaming it Transylvania ?
"Good evening Count Monserrate"!
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