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Finalists Revealed in Chicago’s Snowplow Naming Contest

The list of 50 finalists has been revealed in the city’s third annual “You Name a Snowplow” contest, and Chicagoans continue to excel at finding new ways to insert the words “plow” and “snow” into landmarks, song titles and catchphrases (like the lead to this article).

Voting is now open online through Jan. 21. Chicago residents can vote for as many as six names, and the top vote getters will represent one snowplow in each of the city’s six snow districts.

Joakim Snow-uh and Snow Angel Reese rep the city’s sports scene; Salt Institute of Chicago and Adler Plowatarium have museums covered; Plowed Gate and Plowcasso could appeal to sculpture buffs; and Urbs in Ortsnow, Make Snow Little Plans and City of Big Shovels riff on various Chicago mottos.

At least one person seems to have been inspired by “Wicked,” submitting We’re Off to See the Blizzard. Plowin’ in the Wind is either a nod to the Windy City, Bob Dylan or Timothee Chalamet.

Put Cold Style, Deep Drift Pizza, Celery Salt, Flake Shore Drive, The Chilly Goat Tavern and Snower Wacker together and you’ve got the makings of a tourist itinerary.

Here’s the complete list. Click here to vote.

Adler Plowatarium

Artic Institute of Chicago (not a typo)

Bean There, Plowed That

Blizza B. Wells

Boom Boom Plow

Hot Plow in the City

How Ya Like Me Plow?

In da Snow, We all Fam

Joakim Snow-uh

Plowin’ in the Wind

Scoop, there it is

Shovel in the White City

Snow Angel Reese

Snow Mas

Snow Motion

Snow Way Jose

Snower Wacker

The Chilly Goat Tavern

The Plows Brothers

The Salt Institute of Chicago

The Salt Shedder

Urban Plowboy

Urbs in Ortsnow

While You Were Sleeting

We’re off to See the Blizzard

Bozo the Plown

Catch My Drift

Buckingham Plowntain

Celery Salter

Chance the Scraper

Chicago Thaw Enforcement

Kevin McPlowister

L Train to Snowhere

Lollaplowlooza

Make Snow Little Plans

Marina Plowers

MerchandICE Mart

My Kind of Plow

City of Big Shovels

Cold Style

Deep Drift Pizza 

Flake Shore Drive

Frank Lloyd Right-of-Way

Goose Iceland

No More Mr. Ice Guy

Oh Snow U Didn’t

Plowcasso

Plowed Gate

Plower to the People