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‘Robert De Niro Way’ street renaming proposal sneered at by Tribeca Community Board: report

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A proposal to name a Tribeca street after Robert De Niro was reportedly poorly received by some panel members representing Lower Manhattan.

According to Page Six, members of Manhattan Community Board #1 weighed in last week after Tribeca Enterprises, which De Niro co-founded, proposed naming the northeast corner of Franklin and Greenwich streets "Robert De Niro Way" to commemorate the actor's 80th birthday. "I just don’t see why he has to have a street named after him … He already has recognition.

People all over the world know him," said member Patricia Moore, per the outlet. In 2003, De Niro co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival to revive the neighborhood after the devastating September 11 terror attacks.

However, Moore argued that the two-time Academy Award winner "didn’t do enough" to help people most affected by 9/11. The Tribeca Film Festival headquarters as well as the "Raging Bull" star's restaurant Tribeca Grill and his Tribeca Film Center are located at the corner that would be renamed "Robert De Niro Way." Tribeca Enterprises company director Peter Downing argued that the honor be bestowed upon De Niro not only to celebrate his milestone birthday "but perhaps even more importantly to recognize an honorable son of the city, who has for over 50 years contributed to the cultural and economic growth of a city, of a community and a district which he loves." Another objection against the honor was that De Niro is still alive.

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