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ALT1:... that after New York City decided to develop a long-neglected portion of Calvert Vaux Park, nearby residents objected to a planned golf course on the site? Source: NY Times 1997 "'The park just lay there as the garbage settled for 35 years', said the Parks Commissioner, Henry J. Stern." ... "Now, though, the city is finally taking action, but in a way that has aroused the fury of park advocacy groups."
ALT2:... that Calvert Vaux Park is located next to a boat graveyard near Coney Island with over two dozen ships? Source: NY Times 2006 "Behind the tall grass and trees of Calvert Vaux Park [...] is a nautical graveyard. Burned and rotting hulks of abandoned vessels jut from the dirty beach into the silted, sluggish water of Coney Island Creek." Side note: The thought of a boat graveyard in Coney Island (i.e. the Coney Island Creek) is pretty interesting to me, though the reviewer may disagree.
Overall: ALT0 really jumped out as interesting and well formatted. ALT1 isn't particularly interesting and ALT2 could use some work, particularly "next to a boat graveyard near". SounderBruce02:55, 27 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
A fact from Calvert Vaux Park appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 November 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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ALT0 really jumped out as interesting and well formatted. ALT1 isn't particularly interesting and ALT2 could use some work, particularly "next to a boat graveyard near". SounderBruce 02:55, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
