Naming a coop building

There's not much point if it doesn't already have an established name. Nobody'll use it, and most come off as sort of corny and over-reaching.

The funniest are the ones named after the sponsor's kid. E.g. Joyce Towers later became Regency East, which is almost as bad. I guess they thought the first try sounded like Debbie Drive in some Long Island tract.

Anyway, if you want a name, just get the board to decide on one and put it up on the awning.

There's not much point if it doesn't already have an established name. Nobody'll use it, and most come off as sort of corny and over-reaching.

The funniest are the ones named after the sponsor's kid. E.g. Joyce Towers later became Regency East, which is almost as bad. I guess they thought the first try sounded like Debbie Drive in some Long Island tract.

Anyway, if you want a name, just get the board to decide on one and put it up on the awning.

Go with a whole different syntax ... like use an outdated slang term; a one-word one is best. I have dibs on "Fresh" No definite article, of course, just the one word.

Or you can use the indefinite article: A Palace

Or borrow from men's deodorant and use one word evocative of something altogether unrelated: Angst. Perfidy. Fleecy. Aloof [wait, that's a hotel in Harlem, never mind].

Any disease of yesteryear: Dropsy. Beri-Beri. If you insist on a definite article, there's The Vapors. The Runs. The Plague (which sounds kinda beachy if you're a bit pretentious, but ultimately not very gifted in Romance languages). La Plague for the full effect.

How about Phat Towers?

How about something nice and pretentious like "West XYZ - The Collection"?

You could even have as your logo the silhouette of an anorexic woman with a hand on her hip, holding a martini.

Nothing beats Jade: http://www.jadenyc.com/

"Sales Lounge"!

(Tabatha needs to go after whoever did Jade's roots.)

Phat Towers is great; Phat is even better.

Collections are a nice idea. If you live in a complex of a few buildings, or are a developer or owner who wants brand equity for separate properties, you can do a series: In LIC, for example, three buildings could be named Cyanide, Arsenic, Polychlorinated Biphenyls. Power in branding, see?

Or go for classic trios: Blood, Sweat, Tears ;`(

Underwater conjures up thoughts of Caribbean vacations, swimming, snorkeling, scuba, just frolicking beneath the sea. Another great name for western Long Island.

Shinola

Ah...the JadeNYC. Who recalls this thread: http://streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/3269-jade It was one of the most fun open houses I attended that year. Apologies to Bethany whom I have come to rather like--I feel badly that I made a snarky remark about her.

Or how about the name of a state?

The Dakota has obviously been taken, but how about ... "The West Virginia"?

That would work, if it's something even more sympathy-inducing, like "The Misisisipi" Mighty mighty.

Is Shinola like Ebola?

Ebonics.

Rhinoplasty.

Rhinitis.

Corpulence.

Le Leper

Smegma

Marburg Place

Sanctum Santorum!!

Smegma is excellent! I believe the flipside was "Fifi Goes Pop", in homage to the genius who quickly and efficiently dried her wet dog off in her microwave.

Correction: Smegma was a magazine, which once had a freebie floppy 45 record built in, featuring a Tina Peel song -- maybe Fifi Goes Pop, maybe Penis Between Us, who can remember.

Sorry to diminish the gravitas of this thread.

flmaozzzzzz house

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renter's paradise

little black arrows tower

Or you can go another route: your favorite old pub in the British Isles names.

Not, however, the Bull and Bear.

The Hung, Drawn & Quartered. I'm not kidding:

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/32/3294/Hung_Drawn_and_Quartered/Tower_Hill