What's the worst name for a building in Toronto?

Names matter. Just ask all those proud folks who live in the Junction Triangle, a neighbourhood that prior to a few years ago lacked an official designation. It's impossible to build an identity in the absence of nomenclature. Likewise, the wrong name can rob a place of the status that it might deserve. Yesterday we wrote about the most unfortunate renaming of Maple Leaf Square after a car manufacturer. In the grand scheme of things, it won't go down as one of the worst transgressions against (what functions as) public space, but the announcement didn't go without its fair share of concomitant facepalming.

On the heels of the the reaction, I got to wondering about the worst-named building in Toronto. We have some ugly ones, to be sure, but one in particular crossed my mind after the question crossed my mind. The Rogers Centre. Why in the world did this stadium ever have to lose the SkyDome (note the capital D, everyone) moniker? Even if it was just called the Rogers SkyDome, it'd be a whole lot easier to stomach.

Surprise, surprise, when the question was posed to our Twitter followers, my ire was shared by just about everyone who responded. Thankfully, most of us have decided to resist the the corporate rebranding of the building and continue to use its original name. Let's all do the same with Maple Leaf Square.

Here are some candidates for the worst-named building in Toronto:

1. Rogers Centre

2. Bohemian Embassy

3. Chazz Condos

4. Success Tower

5. DNA Condos

6. M5V Condos

7. Yonge + Rich (under construction)

8. Residences of the World Trade Centre

9. King Blue Condos

10. Republic of Yonge and Eglinton

Is there a building name that makes you angry? Let us know in the comments.

by Derek Flack via blogTO