A Chicago alderman on Tuesday introduced a proposal to rename Wabash Avenue, home to Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago, after former President Barack Obama.

Alderman Brendan Reilly, a Democrat, proposed the ordinance after an online petition garnered thousands of signatures in support of renaming Wabash Avenue to “Barack Hussein Obama Way.” The petition has nearly 25,000 signatures in favor of renaming the downtown thoroughfare in front of Trump Tower.

The Windy City’s rules prevent streets and parks from being named after living people, a similar issue President Donald Trump has run into when it comes to getting his face on the currency.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced in May that the department was moving forward with a commemorative $250 bill celebrating America’s semiquincentennial, but officials quickly sounded the alarm that federal law permits only deceased people to be depicted on banknotes. Bessent said the treasury has only been preparing the banknote design and is waiting for legislation permitting the change to pass.

The Chicago proposal waives the requirement that streets only be named after deceased people.

Reilly’s ordinance does not propose changing signage but rather serves as an honorary renaming for Obama in his hometown. He said he decided to move forward with proposing the name change after seeing the petition.

“This is something I actually joked about years ago, now it seems more appropriate,” he told the Chicago Tribune. “This seems like the fastest, easiest way to accomplish the goal.”

Organizers behind the change.org petition, however, framed the change as a dig at Trump and called it a “vanity war.”

“For many of us living on the southwest side of Chicago, the daily challenges we face are growing,” Bryce Jones, the petition organizer, said. “We are grappling with increased living costs and punitive policies. Under the current administration, I, like many others, felt the harsh realities of life under stringent immigration policies, with [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] raids affecting our community deeply. And now, with rising gas prices because of a failed vanity war, making ends meet is more challenging than ever.”

Jones said changing Trump Tower’s address would “send a small message” about Chicagoans’ values.

Reilly was more direct in saying the measure was aimed at slighting the president, as the alderman in 2016 introduced the initiative to remove “Trump Plaza” from the area near Trump’s hotel.

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“The goal is to make a statement that, not only did we remove the honorary street designation for Donald Trump years ago — that was my initiative — we think better to honor Barack Obama,” he said. “Since we can’t remove the sign from the tower, we can certainly put President Obama’s name on the street.”

Chicago Alderman Lamont Robinson previously pitched naming Columbus Drive, which crosses the Chicago River, after Obama in 2024, but the proposal failed to garner support.