Talk:Asser Levy Recreation Center
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![]() | A fact from Asser Levy Recreation Center appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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[edit]- 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 Edge3 (talk) 00:59, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
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- ... that the Asser Levy Recreation Center's entrance arches (pictured) were described as being "more like portals to a great amphitheatre than frames around doors to a hygienic facility"? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Gregory; Massengale, John Montague (1983). New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism, 1890-1915. New York: Rizzoli. p. 139.
- ALT1:... that Albert H. Blumenthal jumped into the Asser Levy Recreation Center's pool while campaigning in the 1973 New York City mayoral election? Source: Carroll, Maurice (September 4, 1973). "Mayoral Contest Begins in Earnest". The New York Times.
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... that the Asser Levy Recreation Center was expanded into a street so the United Nations could build an office tower?Source: Foderaro, Lisa W. (September 30, 2011). "Land Deal With U.N. Would Fill a Big Gap in the Waterfront Greenway". The New York Times.
5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 17:44, 21 January 2021 (UTC).
Interesting facility for "bathing together" as a headline has it, on good sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and shows well, but I confess that I prefer the jump of ALT1 to the pompous thing ;) - I have a park 90 miles north nominated, a little above, in case of interest. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:03, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
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