The Boston Public Improvement Commission unanimously voted Thursday to change the name of Yawkey Way next to Fenway Park back to its original name, Jersey Street. Residents of the Greater Boston area had conflicting opinions on the name change, some in favor and some strongly opposed to the change.
The Boston Public Improvement Commission unanimously voted Thursday morning to return Yawkey Way to its original name, Jersey Street, due a city-wide discussion over former Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey’s supposed racist history.
The continuing dispute over whether to rename Yawkey Way, a street near Fenway Park named after late Boston philanthropist and alleged racist Tom Yawkey, was given new wind by a letter written by the Jackie Robinson Foundation urging the city to keep the name as is.
Efforts to rename Yawkey Way, a street along the Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park, have raised questions at Boston University about whether the Yawkey Center for Student Services should also be renamed.
