Workers pried 3-foot-high gold letters spelling "Trump Place" off the buildings on Wednesday. New signage now displays the buildings' street addresses, at 140, 160 and 180 Riverside Boulevard on the Upper West Side. Mr Trump does not actually own a stake in the apartments, which were built by a Hong Kong-based developer under license. Chairman Sam Zell told The New York Times the petition signed by tenants had "no role" in the decision. Meanwhile in Russia, residents of a town called Ryazan want to name a street after Mr Trump, circulating a Change.org petition to change the name of 2nd Bezbozhnaya Street to the Street of Donald Trump.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 17, 2016 02:48 UTC