Name an emerging neighborhood

[atlrvr]

How about instead "I am planning to buy a house near New Burn Station." (which is how it's done in a lot of places with transit lines) I am not sure that another made up name that has no basis in history or events that happened in the past really means that much. NoDa, Soda, Lat Te Da, SpauHaus, MICKEY MOUSE, etc. bleh. lol

[Justadude]

Queens Park or New Bern. I think New Bern will have a more positive branding because it has three things going for it: 1) It's the name of a reasonably attractive historic site in NC 2) It's the name of a train station, which will be more widely known than the old QP sign 3) QP will remind people of Queens in NYC, and ______ Park is not a chic formula for community names.

Having said all that, I think Queens Park is a more authentic name and I'd rather it stick in the long run. It would help tremendously if there was an actual park nearby...

[cltheel.sdl]

To me, Queens Park seems so bland and unimaginative - we already have so many "Queens" this or that in Charlotte already. I know that theater was Queens Park Theater, but still, something without "Queens" in it would be nice. That's just my opinion.

[voyager12]

Naming close in city neighborhoods after trains does have strong precedent. I grew up in early childhood on The Main Line in Philadelphia which is a beautiful older residential area.

[DigitalSky]

To me, Queens Park seems so bland and unimaginative - we already have so many "Queens" this or that in Charlotte already. I know that theater was Queens Park Theater, but still, something without "Queens" in it would be nice. That's just my opinion.

[Mobuchu]

My vote would go to Queens Park, or New Bern as well. Please no more SoSo, SoSe, or anything like that.

[monsoon]

This historical name, (if you consider 1950s historical) is Queen Park, not Queens Park. This would seem to me to be an appropriate name for the area.

[Raintree21]

I would prefer sticking with what we already have there such as South End, New Bern, or Queen Park. I don't like "copying" other cities by mimicking SoHo with SoSo or something along those lines. SoSo also seems to smack of mediocrity to me.

[rockhilljames]

SoSo was a joke, thanks for picking up on that.

I'd vote for New Bern if this were a serious discussion.

[Norm2]

I actually agree with Metro on this one. I like the name Queen Park.

[lptk]

Me too. That sign has a special place in my heart.

Where do you live?

In Queen Park.

Oh, the QP? Cool.

[voyager12]

I also think that this area is just going to be lumped in with Southend.

[jednc]

I like both Queen Park and New Bern. I would probably vote QP if I had to pick just one, due to the history of the name in the area.

[Live_from_704]

i like queen park a lot better than queens park for some reason just seems more historical and not as suburbany to me

[Norm2]

Ok, from now on lets designate that are as Queen Park and lets force the city and developers to recognize the name! lol.....

[atlrvr]

Ok, I've turned this into a poll.....we're looking for a majority vote, so if I need to, I'll eliminate a couple of choices if we can't get a majority with 5 choices.

Hopefully, we will use the selected name in addressing this area going forward.

[CLTNative]

I like Queen Park. This may have already been posted, but will the sign be refurbished/at least kept in place?

[Spartan]

If Queen Park is the historic name for the area, then it there is no debate for me.

[charlotte_uncc]

I like SoBull

[monsoon]

Ok, I've turned this into a poll.....we're looking for a majority vote, so if I need to, I'll eliminate a couple of choices if we can't get a majority with 5 choices.

Hopefully, we will use the selected name in addressing this area going forward.

[atlrvr]

^

Assuming the Queen ('s) Park is the winner of this poll, I'll split those two into a new poll, so their is consensus.

[queensguy06]

Just playing devil's advocate here, but will naming this area Queen Park just add to the confusion that already exists with Queens Rd. and the Queens University area?

[lukedog]

Why does this area need to be named? Is there really that much going on in this area right now that it needs a name?

[Charlotte_native]

Why does this area need to be named? Is there really that much going on in this area right now that it needs a name?

[cinco]

honestly, queen park works the best. however, i personally enjoy more quirky, memorable names for areas - that make you say WTF.

i will throw one out.

many years ago i worked @ the record exchange on south blvd. we were often frequented by area vagrants (we actually even started a polaroid photo collection of all of them). one of our favorites was this big burly guy who would come in all soft spoken and what not.... but, if you got him started he would bust out in a wild rant. he was fun to listen to and when you had enough and let him know - he would leave. we nicknamed him the "south blvd. strangler" - not to his face of course. (oddly enough - the "strangler" had a deep love for beach boys music).

one day one of our employees got the bright idea to follow him... they found out he camped out near the tracks, close to the old queen park theatre. so, in that spirit i would propose calling the area "stranglers pass" i know that would never fly in the marketing/branding world but it's definently a "WTF" kind of name name.

this is also coming from a guy who claims to live in midwood canyon.