K945: The Hit Music Channel » beatie boys http://k945.com The Hit Music Channel Fri, 24 May 2013 08:07:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch May Have Brooklyn Park Renamed in His Honor http://k945.com/beastie-boys-adam-yauch-brooklyn-park/ http://k945.com/beastie-boys-adam-yauch-brooklyn-park/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 22:22:39 +0000 Chad Childers http://diffuser.fm/?p=16812 The tributes keep coming in for late Beastie Boys emcee Adam Yauch. Just last weekend, ‘MCA Day‘ took place in New York’s Union Square, while the state’s senators took a moment to recognize Yauch on the floor with a resolution recognizing his musical and philanthropic accomplishments. Billboard reports that the residents of Brooklyn have now started a Facebook petition to have the city’s Squibb Park renamed in honor of Yauch, who grew up in Brooklyn Heights.

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