A group of owners at the Trump Palace condominium on Manhattan\u2019s Upper East Side met recently to discuss the possibility of removing the former president\u2019s name from the building, one of them told Bloomberg.<\/p>\n
Now the building manager is exploring how that could be done, according to resident Michael Schoenman, Bloomberg reported Friday.<\/p>\n
Owners of other buildings with Donald Trump\u2019s name emblazoned on the structures are also reportedly considering the idea \u2014 particularly after Trump\u2019s impeachment on \u201cincitement of insurrection\u201d linked to the storming of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n
Even since Trump\u2019s 2016 election, real estate attorney Alan Bailey told Bloomberg he has been asked about removing the name from buildings.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have received calls from every building with Trump on it in the city trying to get it removed,\u201d Bailey said. \u201cOver time in New York, Donald Trump has not been very popular, and New York is about money, so having Trump\u2019s name on the building reduces its value.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump SoHo rebranded as The Dominick in 2017. After Trump was elected president, at least one building on the Upper West Side\u00a0removed a Trump sign.<\/p>\n
An alderman in Chicago is demanding the name be removed from Trump Tower, calling it a \u201cstain\u201d on the skyline. After an ugly business battle over a \u201ctarnished brand,\u201d Trump\u2019s name was stripped off the Trump International Hotel and Tower in\u00a0Panama\u00a0City in 2018.<\/p>\n
Lois Miller, 88, has rented a condo in Trump Palace for five years, but she told Bloomberg she didn\u2019t realize it was a Trump property until she moved in.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I saw it, I said, \u2018Oh, my God. I live here?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n