Oscar Peterson station at McGill?
Following a recent notion to name the Place des Festivals after Oscar Peterson, a group of cultural honchos is proposing naming the REM station at McGill and Ste-Catherine after him.
Maybe they should name the Griffintown station for Peterson…
Jebediah Pallindrome 18:04 on 2020-10-14 Permalink
Ah yes, what better way to honour a great cultural icon than by naming a soon-to-be much-maligned transit station set amidst a canyon on office towers quite literally devoid of culture!
The important thing is that we keep the symbols of white supremacy
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Kate 19:47 on 2020-10-14 Permalink
At least Griffintown is a little closer to where Peterson grew up. But your description could cover any of the three locations in question.
Jebediah Pallindrome 20:16 on 2020-10-14 Permalink
I think they should name a city-wide publicly-subsidized piano instruction program, and/or the free public piano program after him.
Commemoration can be so much more than just naming infrastructure after people (as a bandaid solution to systemic racism).
That said, I’d love to see a transit station named after some really long-serving, totally unknown transit employee…
…and a lifesize robotic statue of The Great Antonio pulling a bus by his beard in front of Berri-UQAM.
JaneyB 10:41 on 2020-10-15 Permalink
I bet the McGill REM station will be the one. Sure, it’s surrounded by office tours but it is the most important non-nodal station so…goodish. Also, tourists use it so higher visibility for…whatever is being displayed by this gesture.
I like the subsidized piano instruction program, the unsung transit employee station and the Antonio statue. Let’s do it!
JS 13:03 on 2020-10-15 Permalink
Question for the cultural honchos: what’s your favorite song by the guy?
Kate 13:12 on 2020-10-15 Permalink
This is a classic.
Max 18:54 on 2020-10-15 Permalink
This one. Sublimely groovy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjOumVCdM6g