Template:Did you know nominations/Heckscher Playground

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 22:32, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Heckscher Playground

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• ... that the Heckscher Playground, rebuilt in 1970, had to be demolished a little more than a year later to accommodate subway construction? Source for ALT0: NY Daily News
  • ALT1:... that the Heckscher Playground, the oldest playground in New York City's Central Park, was initially opposed because people wanted to preserve the park's passive landscape? Source for ALT1: https://www.nytimes.com/1925/05/11/archives/landscape-society-hits-park-playground-architects-hold-the.html
  • ALT2:... that the Heckscher Playground, the oldest playground in New York City's Central Park, was hailed by its namesake as "an idea of what a modern playground should be"? Source for ALT2: https://www.nytimes.com/1925/05/02/archives/clubwomen-assail-park-playground-speakers-at-federation-convention.html

• Reviewed: Wallace Oak (Torwood)

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 01:44, 22 November 2019 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The ALT0 is most interesting, followed by ALT1. I don't think ALT2 is all that noteworthy (except maybe that the namesake was still alive), because it's common for that kind of empty praise to go around for civic projects. SounderBruce 23:21, 23 November 2019 (UTC)