Template:Did you know nominations/River Walk (Manhattan)

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 00:28, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

River Walk (Manhattan)

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... that New York City's unbuilt River Walk development was delayed due to a $2 million study of striped bass? Source: Oser, Alan S. (November 29, 1987). "Waterfront Development; City Efforts Trapped in Multiple Reviews". The New York Times
- ALT1: ... that an environmental review of New York City's unbuilt River Walk development had grown to 4,000 pages by 1989 but still had not been finalized? Source: Lueck, Thomas J. (February 12, 1989). "Koch Looks to Rivers for Development". The New York Times.
- ALT2: ... that one critic of New York City's unbuilt River Walk development said it "might as well be called 'Sewer Walk'"? Source: Moss, Michael (May 6, 1988). "Tide of Criticism Rises on River Walk". New York Newsday.
- ALT3: ... that New York City's unbuilt River Walk development would have included a 17-acre (6.9 ha) platform supported by 6,000 piles sunk into the river? Source: Moss, Michael. (February 25, 1990). "Mayor's Overdeveloped Sense of Duty". New York Newsday.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sienna Spiro
- Comment: Transpoman did all of the work for the article; I am merely nominating it. More hook ideas are welcomed.

Created by Transpoman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 705 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 15:08, 27 February 2025 (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: Excellent work from Transpoman. As for the hooks, I think ALT0 and ALT1 are the most interesting to a broad audience due to the relative absurdity. ALT0 could use a link to striped bass though. Sounder Bruce 23:24, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, Bruce. I've added a link. Epicgenius (talk) 00:31, 5 March 2025 (UTC)