Template:Did you know nominations/63rd Street Tunnel
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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 97198 (talk) 04:54, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
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63rd Street Tunnel
- ... that the 63rd Street Tunnel's upper level took 20 years to open, while the lower level is still under construction after nearly a half-century? Source: NY Times 1969 (start of construction), NY Times 1989 (completion), NY1 2017 (laying track in lower level)
- ALT1:... that the 63rd Street Tunnel's upper level opened 20 years after its construction started, while the lower level is still under construction after nearly a half-century? Source: Same as above
- ALT2:... that unlike other underwater subway tunnels in New York City, the 63rd Street Tunnel was prefabricated and sunk into trenches in the river bed? Source: NY Times 2005
Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 00:26, 20 September 2019 (UTC).
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Overall: All good to go once QPQ is done. Ping me when it is, and I'll pass. Ergo Sum 05:06, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Epicgenius: Any update on the QPQ? Ergo Sum 13:41, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
- Ergo Sum, I hope to get to it by this weekend. I have another article that I want to nominate for DYK, so it would be better to do all the QPQ's at once. epicgenius (talk) 15:48, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Ergo Sum: I've done a QPQ. I also added "after nearly a half-century" to ALT0 + 1. epicgenius (talk) 00:27, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
- We're in business. Good to go. Ergo Sum 00:32, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Ergo Sum: I've done a QPQ. I also added "after nearly a half-century" to ALT0 + 1. epicgenius (talk) 00:27, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
- Ergo Sum, I hope to get to it by this weekend. I have another article that I want to nominate for DYK, so it would be better to do all the QPQ's at once. epicgenius (talk) 15:48, 27 September 2019 (UTC)