Template:Did you know nominations/Spring Creek Park

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:20, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

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Spring Creek Park[edit]

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  • ... that part of New York City's Spring Creek Park, which was mostly built on a landfill, is located within a U.S. national protected area? Sources: (1) NYC Parks entry on Spring Creek Park - "Today, a part of the bay and its surrounding area is protected as part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, created in 1972 under the National Park Service". (2) USACE report, page 10 - "The project area was adversely affected by [...] numerous episodes of refuse deposition. [...] The topography of the present site is mainly the result of its use as a landfill for dredged and construction fill, ash from the Department of Sanitation incinerator and a refuse dump."
    • ALT1:... that although New York City's Spring Creek Park was mostly built on a landfill, part of the park is located in a U.S. national protected area? Sources: Same two as above
    • ALT2:... that Spring Creek Park was one of several New York City parks that urban planner Robert Moses built atop landfills? Source: Star-Journal (January 4, 1962). "Using the most modern methods of landfill, the Sanitation Department has created and is still creating hundreds of acres of park land in Queens and Brooklyn [...] began filling in the Queens section of Spring Creek Park 10 years ago"

Created by Tdorante10 (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 18:55, 9 November 2017 (UTC).

  • This article is new enough and plenty long enough. Any of the hooks could be used as all are cited inline, but I prefer ALT2 with its reference to Robert Moses, who seems to have been an influential urban planner. The article is neutral and "Earwig" did not bring up anything I thought concerning. @Epicgenius: Just waiting for a QPQ. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:22, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
  • Thank you. This is good to go. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:42, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
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