Help rename University Street Station

Sound Transit has seen the light:

With three new stations coming to the U District, Roosevelt and Northgate in 2021, renaming University Street Station will reduce confusion and provide a better customer experience.

Options under consideration:

• Benaroya Hall
• Symphony
• Arts District
• Midtown
• Downtown Arts District
• Seneca Street

I'm not sure where Seattle's true arts district is, but if you asked me to guess I'd probably name at least five other neigbhorhoods before I got to 3rd and University. Plus DAD station is a terrible acronym.

"Midtown" is the provisional name for the 5th & Madison station that's part of ST3, which could lead to issues down the line. That leaves Benaroya, Symphony, or Seneca. Either one seems fine. Rich Smith at The Stranger makes a case for Symphony. But In most cities the station name comes to define the neighborhood anyway.

On a related note, I present one of my favorite recent twitter threads (click through and read all the replies).

jay street and needless to say metrotech

- charlie (@chunkbardey) August 28, 2019