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In this Nov. 8, 2016 file photo, Trump Tower, the primary residence of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, is blocked off by police and sanitation trucks in New York. (AP/Seth Wenig)
Someone renamed Donald Trump's midtown Manhattan building on Google Maps, and the new moniker isn't very flattering.
Instead of Trump Tower, it was briefly renamed "Dump Tower."
Users of the mapping service began noticing the new name for the Fifth Avenue building on Saturday and some took to social media to report it.
(Read also: Selfie tower: Trump's home becomes NYC's hottest backdrop)
Trump Tower gets renamed "Dump Tower" on Google Maps https://t.co/cqZ4YkwoZk
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) November 27, 2016
Trump, the Republican president-elect, has not yet commented on it. Trump has been using Trump Tower as his transition headquarters.
A Google spokeswoman told The Associated Press that the company has changed the name back to its original.
The spokeswoman said user contributions help provide an up-to-date map, but also occasionally lead to inaccuracies.
