As Trump's Presidency Ends, His Name Still Looms Large Over NYC

NEW YORK CITY — T-R-U-M-P.

Those five letters hung over New York City for decades as monuments to Donald Trump — the outsize developer, tabloid fixture, reality TV star and eventual unlikely U.S. president who claimed the city as his home.

But one-by-one the Trump tributes faded as his reputation did, struck from high rises, hotels and even ice rinks.

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s effort to sever the city’s four contracts with the Trump Organization is only the latest in a long divorce between the Big Apple and The Donald — and even then three of the properties involved didn’t publicly bear the name.

It’s getting harder and harder to find Trump’s name displayed anywhere in the city.

Here’s an overview of where it got taken down, and where it remains up.

Where Trump’s Name Got Taken Down

Browse the Trump Organization's website and you'll see many New York City featured as holdings that no longer bear his name.

The condo building at 200 Riverside Boulevard, for example, is called “Trump Place” on the website. But its condo board in 2018 successfully voted to remove the name itself from the building.

They actually followed their “embarrassed” neighbors at 140, 160 and 180 Riverside Boulevard who had the “Trump Place” name removed in 2016.

Eventually all six Riverside Boulevard buildings branded as Trump Place removed the letters.

The Dominick is a luxe, 46-story hotel that until 2017 displayed the name "Trump SoHo" above its door.

The name change followed after a steep drop in business after the 2016 election. Lebron James refused to stay at the hotel while his NBA team, then the Cavs, was in town and other bookings reportedly dried up. A sushi restaurant in the building floundered.

Eventually, the property's majority owners bought Trump out of his stake, by which he had managed and branded the hotel.

Subsequent reporting by ProPublica revealed Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. faced a Manhattan District Attorney's investigation over accusations they misled prospective condo buyers in the building.

Beyond buildings, the Wollman Rink in Central Park once prominently-featured Trump's name.

Trump's 1980s renovation of the then-dilapidated rink for the city formed part of his mythos — the wealthy developer who made things happen.

But his name eventually got removed from the rink as he shot to national political prominence, although his Trump Organization continued to operate it.

Likewise, the Trump name was quietly removed from the Central Park Carousel, according to the New York Times.

The Wollman Rink, Carousel and Lasker Rink account for three of four city contracts with the Trump Organization that de Blasio seeks to sever.

De Blasio said Trump's incitement of a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol provided the city legal justification to terminate the contracts.

"It's quite clear the President of the United States committed a criminal act," de Blasio said. "He directed insurrection against the United States Capitol, period. That's criminal. That's treasonous."

Where Trump’s Name Remains Up

Trump Tower, a massive glass building on Fifth Avenue, keeps its owner’s name in bold gold letters above the entrance.

The skyscraper also houses Trump Grill, Cafe and Trump Bar, in addition to the twice-impeached president’s former permanent residence, which he eschewed for Florida.

Down in the Financial District, the historic 40 Wall Street still bears the name “Trump Building” on its facade.

Standing above Columbus Circle, the Trump International Hotel & Tower keeps the name, despite a request by condo owners to have the name changed.

The gold letters of Trump World Tower still overlook the streets near the United Nations building.

Trump Parc and Trump Parc East, a pair of adjoining buildings on Central Park South, displays their shared name in cursive script, rather than the block letters seen on other properties. Trump Plaza, an Upper East Side condominium building, likewise has the name in cursive, as does nearby Trump Plaza.

Stepping outside of building, there’s the previously-mentioned highway beautification sign on the Henry Hudson Parkway that prominently bears “Donald J. Trump.”

But its days declaring Trump’s commitment to maintaining the riverside roadway’s beauty could be numbered — a group of Upper West Side residents have started a petition to have it removed.

The sign remains up but is a target for vandalism, the West Side Rag reported.

Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point will keep his name for at least a few more months, but the city-owned course is part of four contracts de Blasio seeks to sever.

There’s another place in the city — in Trump’s home borough of Queens, no less — where “Trump” is prominently displayed, although it technically isn’t named after him.

Trump Pavilion is a nursing and rehabilitation center in Jamaica, Queens. It’s named after Trump’s mother Mary Trump, according to the facility’s website.