Talk:Manhattan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Good article Manhattan has been listed as one of the Geography and places good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can delist it, or ask for a reassessment.
          This article is of interest to the following WikiProjects:
WikiProject New York City (Rated GA-class, Top-importance)
WikiProject icon This article is within the scope of WikiProject New York City, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of New York City-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.
 GA  This article has been rated as GA-Class on the project's quality scale.
 Top  This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.
 
WikiProject Cities (Rated GA-class, High-importance)
WikiProject icon This article is within the scope of WikiProject Cities, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of cities, towns and various other settlements on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.
 GA  This article has been rated as GA-Class on the project's quality scale.
 High  This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.
 
WikiProject New York (Rated GA-class, High-importance)
WikiProject icon This article is within the scope of WikiProject New York, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the U.S. state of New York on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.
 GA  This article has been rated as GA-Class on the project's quality scale.
 High  This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.
 
WikiProject Islands (Rated GA-class)
WikiProject icon This article is within the scope of WikiProject Islands, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of islands on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.
 GA  This article has been rated as GA-Class on the project's quality scale.
 
e·h·w·Stock post message.svg To-do:
  • copyedit
  • Get FA status fixing what was addressed in the FAC

Archives
Archive 1 Archive 2

Contents

[edit] More Infobox?

It'd be nice if the island's characteristics were included in the info box like larger pieces of geography. One question I don't have answered, is what's the tallest point/highest natural elevation on Manhattan Island? ie: is global warming going to take out the *whole* island, or just most of it?
~ender 2010-04-12 21:50:PM MST

[edit] Notability

I kind of see this article as a borderline case in terms of notability. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.192.95 (talk) 00:13, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

And what do you suggest? There are about a zillion sources that confirm the sunjects noatbility.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jojhutton (talkcontribs)
I assume that's an attempt at humor. ScottyBerg (talk) 18:50, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Width of city block

Page lists width of city block "avenue side" as 600 feet, but this is plainly not the case. In fact, it conflicts with the Wikipedia entry on "city block," which says it's 900 feet. As a walking New Yorker, I suspect the true length is 900 feet, and this can be verified on Google maps. 71.4.254.124 (talk) 17:39, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Figures in infobox

Could someone with access to the right statistics please check the area, population and population density figures in the infobox. I can't get the math to work and think one of the figures must be wrong. Sidefall (talk) 08:00, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

[edit] File:NYC Panorama edit2.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:NYC Panorama edit2.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on September 11, 2011. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2011-09-11. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng {chat} 16:32, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Picture of the day
Manhattan panorama

A stitched panoramic view of western Manhattan, the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City, as seen in February 2009 from across the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey. The view spans more than 20 miles (32 km) of skyline. Highlights from left to right include the George Washington Bridge, Riverside Church, the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, the spire of the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, the World Financial Center, and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

Photo: Jnn13/LiveChocolate
ArchiveMore featured pictures...


[edit] Coordinates

There are two different coordinates on this page that are given for Manhattan. The topmost one is in the middle of Central Park. The other one, lower down, is located at the intersection of Broadway and 4th Street. Shouldn't these both be the same? What is the geographic center of Manhattan's boundaries? Several sites give 40° 42' 51" N, 74°0' 23" W as the center of New York City, but that is not the center of Manhattan.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Danallen46 (talkcontribs) 02:21, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export