Another Daily News Exclusive Foiled
But you can still make lemonade:
Posted: May 10th, 2007 | Filed under: See, The Thing Is Was . . .The city Department of Transportation moved at lightning speed yesterday to replace the Foley Square street sign at the intersection of Duane and Lafayette Sts. in lower Manhattan after the Daily News informed the agency that Foley was misspelled.
The sign, which was installed April 27, incorrectly spelled the name of the famous square in the heart of the city’s government district as “Folley.”
The square — on the site of the historic Five Points neighborhood — is named after Thomas Foley, a prominent Tammany Hall district leader who once served as a member of the old City Council, as an alderman.
The News alerted the Transportation Department about the misspelled sign at 11:07 a.m. yesterday. At 12:15 p.m., a DOT truck rolled up and a cheery city employee removed the spelling-challenged sign.
“They said it was important,” the worker explained. “They’re getting a new one made up.”
Within an hour, the new sign — with the correct “Foley” spelling — appeared.
Chris Gilbride, a department spokesman, said it cost $212 to replace the sign.
