PhotoMany pedestrians walking by Fenway Park on Thursday said they were pleased with the decision by the Public Improvement Commission to change the street’s name. “It’s difficult because he did a lot for the city,” Joshua Baca, 23, said of Yawkey. “It’s part of the heritage of Fenway Park, and it’s been here forever,” said Mark Ware, 54. No matter what people thought about the name change, virtually no one on Yawkey Way on Thursday seemed to like the name Jersey Street or understand what it represented. At the official Red Sox team store on the street, several people were buying up “Yawkey Way” bumper stickers.

Source: New York Times April 26, 2018 17:34 UTC