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liz

Joey Ramone Place Unveiled
11/30/03

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  THE Joey Ramone Place street sign was unveiled at 2nd Street and The 
Bowery in New York City on November 30th at 2:30 p.m. Before the sign 
was shown to the whole world,
an hour-long tribute was held inside CBGBs where dozens of Joey's 
friends and relatives spoke, including Tommy Ramone, Marky Ramone, Jim 
Jarmusch, Richie Stotts, Andy Shernoff, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Danny 
Fields and Hilly Kristal.


Joey's brother Mickey Leigh and mom Charlotte Lesher hosted the event, 
while Legs McNeil and John Holmstrom handled emcee duties. City Council 
members Alan Jay Gerson and Margarita Lopez represented the City of New 
York during the ceremonies, along with Community Liaison Bradford 
Sussman, who presented a proclamation announcing that November 30 was 
Joey Ramone Day!

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The event was attended by around 2000 people. People who arrived early 
enough squeezed into a jammed CBGBs during the tribute and then 
everyone crowded the sidewalk during the unveiling - causing massive 
traffic disruptions and creating an amazing scene for the hundreds of 
cameras there. The media turnout was impressive, since AP, The New York 
Post (NYC's true hometown paper), 1010 WINS Newsradio, NY1 TV News and 
dozens of other media outlets covered the event. In fact, all local TV 
and print news outlet carried the story all weekend, and CNN even 
mentioned Joey Ramone Place in their news ticker.

We'll provide more coverage and photos of the event soon.


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