Elvis Boulevard In Helsinki?
September 05, 2004 | Other
Several Elvis started a petition to rename the main "Boulevard Bulevardi" to "Elvis Boulevard". According to initiator Antii Salo a lot of people already signed the petition. He thinks Elvis' 70 birthday in 2005 would be a good date to rename the street.
Source:Elvis Presley Superstar
Brando wrote on
September 05, 2004
As a finn, I have to say this is one of the stupidest idea I ´ve ever heard in Elvisworld.No wonder if people don´t get Elvisfans seriously!
Cro@kie wrote on
September 05, 2004
As a non-finn, I don't think it's so stupid. We have streets and all types of ways bearing the names of people that don't mean anything to anyone any more, so why not Elvis ? At least, it would ring a bell to most...
What is utterly silly though is imagining it can be done in less than 5 months :D
Tomek wrote on
September 05, 2004
This is pretty nice idea. I'm from Poland and we have "Elvis Presley street" in Cracow (the most beautiful city in Poland, and a lot of history of my coutry is there). So good idea !!!
jeremytcb wrote on
September 06, 2004
Why is this idea stupid? If the people decide that they want to name a street after Elvis, why not? Some of you need to lighten up...if the people speak and want an Elvis street who are you to say it is dumb? You folks Elvis fans or not?
TCB4JEP wrote on
September 06, 2004
There are a lot of streets named after important and historical figures. Considering who else has streets named after them in random places, why is Elvis not deserving of this honor? Elvis is loved all over the world and any recognition of this should make Elvis fans nothing but proud!
Tigerman-GB wrote on
September 06, 2004
If you think this is stupid you should try looking at a roadmap of Milton Keynes England, where whoever was responsible for road names had obviously reading too many comic books, ie. Lois Lane, Krpton Avenue, Gotham Way ect.
EspenK wrote on
September 06, 2004
Yeah I dont see the stupidity in this either... As people point out, streets get their names after a lot of "silly" stuff.
And Tigerman-GB, what if that area was named by an Elvis fan instead, you'd have places like Graceland avenue, Lisa Marie Park, Aaron Square, Vernon Street, Gladys Road, not to mention TCB Industrial Area.
Hehe - that'd be pretty cool, now that I think about it. :D
Tigerman-GB wrote on
September 07, 2004
True, also if I remember correctly in Axminster, Devon there is an Elvis Road & a farm somewhere in Wales called St Elvis farm.
hillbillycat wrote on
September 09, 2004
ridiculous...agree totally with king creole, why is this important?