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UPDATE: THE POLL IS NOW CLOSED

National Post readers agree that the square at the south- west east corner of Yonge and Dundas Streets, which turns 10 next year, deserves a better name than that of two streets, themselves named for Brits who never came to Canada.

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But what to call the square?

Readers have flooded our inbox with a whopping 92 names this week. Some are funny, such as The Adam Vaughan Creativity Corner or Chaos Square. Still, many readers display what I’ll call republican spirit: thirst for a local name to label the heart of a proud Canadian city.

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And now it’s your turn: Chose among our eight favourites.

In the running:

William Lyon Mackenzie Square

O.J. Rafferty notes, “Mackenzie was a staunch defender of freedom of speech, popular sovereignty and republicanism.”

Sam’s Square

Suggested by two readers. Rhonda Withers wants to recognize Sam Sniderman, “whose Yonge Street legacy has been wiped out after the closing of Sam the Record Man.” Councillor John Parker agrees, noting, “then we would finally have a place to put his sign.” (When it bought the site, Ryerson agreed to restore and reinstall the Sam’s sign — the neon records — and has since reneged).