It does look good
on a hoodie or jacket. I love the orca logo gear. Wish we had something like that for NYCFC. And on that same page I see they also have a carnation logo that looks good.
It's gotten me kind of disappointed with our options. Seattle has 3 designs which cover flora, fauna, and human-built symbols of their city. We have interlocking letters. That embraces traditional elements both of NY sports and soccer worldwide, but I honestly feel more emotion looking at the 3 Seattle logos because letters are pretty cold as symbols go. Letters are very useful, I''ll give them that. They form words and a good writer can make them sing. But an acronym can't compete with a cute whale hitting a soccer ball.
The Pigeon is ok as a non-official nickname, but pigeon imagery doesn't work for me. Raptors are cool, but birds are off-putting reptiles with wings. We should have gone for squirrels. They're not unique to NY (and neither are pigeons) but I'm not aware of any sports team that uses squirrels as a mascot in any capacity. Maybe there's a HS or small division college team somewhere but nothing major for sure. They're all over the city and you come within a few feet of them daily and despite them being 100% undomesticated wild creatures (borderline vermin, really) we get along swimmingly. They're fearless, athletic and graceful. You can render them as fierce, industrious or cute, which is more than you can say for interlocking NYC.
As best I can tell there's no consensus on what flower or plant best symbolizes NY, and that's a shame. I have no strong opinion or ideas. As for human made objects: the obvious corollary to the Space Needle is the Statue of Liberty. Rangers already use it, which doesn't completely disqualify it but you might want something different. Other obvious choices are Brooklyn Bridge, and Empire State and Chrysler Buiidlings. The latter pair might require licensing. As a non-primary logo I'd also consider something less majestic: a yellow cab, the orange and white stripe smoke stacks they already use in the stadium, a subway entrance with poles and the colored bulbs, a pepperoni slice on a white paper plate, the Anthora.
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