Template:Did you know nominations/Bryant Park

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:11, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Bryant Park

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Bryant Park's lawn

... that as part of a restoration of New York City's Bryant Park (pictured), 84 miles (135 km) of bookshelves were built underneath the park? Source: NY Times 1987
- ALT1:... that Bryant Park (pictured) formerly included a reservoir on the site of the New York Public Library Main Branch? Source: Bryant Park History, USA Today
- ALT2:... that New York City's Bryant Park (pictured) contains a pair of restrooms described as "the gold standard for park comfort stations"? Source: NY Times 2006
- ALT3:... that the area around New York City's Bryant Park (pictured), once described as "the Wild West", later became a highly desirable office area after a park renovation? Source: NY Sun; NY Times 1993

Reviewed: List of places of worship in the Borough of Havant
Comment: There are definitely more possible hooks; it's just getting late in my time zone.

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 04:28, 4 February 2020 (UTC).

A very nice article for a very nice park that was recently promoted to GA (and will probably pass FA IMO). I love the main hook, which is interesting and verified with the supplied source. QPQ is done. The only issue is that the sentence "increased visibility from the street, to enhance the formal French garden design (with a lush redesign by Lynden Miller), and improve and repair paths and lighting." is a bit too close to this source. And why not add a picture? The one in the infobox looks very nice (and I took a few pictures from my last visit that can also be used :-). -Zanhe (talk) 06:20, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

@Zanhe: Thanks for the review and for the praise. I did not check the copyvio detector results before, so I have removed the violating phrase. I added a proposed image to this nomination. Feel free to add your own pictures, it's much appreciated and would probably be better than my pictures (and I go here almost every day ). epicgenius (talk) 13:53, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Good to go, and thanks for expanding this article about one of my favorite places in NYC. I always visit the park whenever I'm in the city, but never realized there were so many books under my feet! I'll make sure to flex my newfound knowledge next time I visit NYC with my family or friends :-) -Zanhe (talk) 04:26, 5 February 2020 (UTC)