Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Department of Streets and Sanitation on Sunday announced the 25 names chosen in Phase I of the city’s fourth annual snowplow naming contest.
The list includes cheeky references to Chicago sports figures past and present, a famous bird who nested at Chicago’s Montrose Beach for three years, Macaulay Culkin’s iconic character in “Home Alone,” and a meteorologist from another local TV station. But the first finalist alphabetically on the list is a political message.
- Abolish ICE
- Blizzard of Oz
- Buckingham Plowntain
- Caleb Chilliams
- Chance the Scraper
- Cheryl Scott Warned You About This
- Daniel Brrrnham
- Derrick Froze
- Italian Ice Breaker
- It’s Time for the Plowcolator
- Joffrey Plowlet
- Kevin McPlowister
- Live, Laugh, Plow
- Minnie Minosnow
- Monty the Piping Plower
- Mueve La Nieve (Move the Snow)
- Mustard, Snow Ketchup
- Plow it Through the Garden
- Plowasaurus Sue
- Plowin 6-7 Inches
- Pope Frio XIV
- Stephen Coldbert
- Svencoolie
- This isn’t Florida
- Urbs in Hortsnow
“Chicagoans have once again displayed their unmatched creativity and civic pride in submitting names for this year’s contest,” Streets and San Commissioner Cole Stallard said in a news release. “We are grateful to the community for engaging with us, and we encourage all residents to submit votes for the top six names.”
City residents may view the list of finalists and vote for up to six names at Chicagoshovels.org by Saturday, Feb. 14.
Once the six winners are chosen, signage will for the winning names will be placed on snowplows, and residents who submitted the winning names — or those who came in with the earliest timestamp for multiple submissions of the same name — will receive photo opportunities with the named snowplow and city swag.
Past winning Chicago snowplow names include “Mrs. O’Leary’s Plow,” “Sears Plower,” “CTRL-SALT-DELETE,” “Ernie Snowbanks,” and “Snower Wacker.”
