German artist pushes for 'Snowden Street' near US embassy

Jörg Janzer inspires campaign to change street name in honor of NSA whistleblower.

Storified by AJAMStream· Thu, Oct 31 2013 12:41:45

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The street Snowdenstrasse has its sights on is currently named Behrenstrasse, or Behren Street (map below), which runs south of the United States Embassy in Berlin (buildings marked 'A' and 'B').

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The group also offers help for people in other countries hoping to introduce legislation to rename public places in honor of Snowden. There is already a Snowden Street in London (unrelated to the whistleblower).

Snowden Street (London Borough Of Hackney)EZTD

Reaction to the movement was mixed:

Kind of lame. I find it funny when "activists" want to change the world one silly act at a time. I would personally rather invest time trying to make a difference in the world rather than idolize Snowden, regardless of how you look at him.motherboard.vice.com

100% support that!RT @sf99er: Berlin Activists Want to Rename Major Streets Around the World "Snowden Street" http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/berlin-activists-want-to-rename-major-streets-around-the-world-snowden-street #OSFSilver Surfer

The NSA whistleblower has already inspired street art around the world:

"Catch me if you can"- Edward Snowdenax rochester

SNOWDEN - Eyes Are Watchingblog.vandalog.com

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