Template:Did you know nominations/Interstate 678

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 11:08, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Interstate 678

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~~... that during the construction of New York City's Van Wyck Expressway, an apartment building was placed on metal rollers and relocated away from the expressway's path?~~ Source: NY Times.
- ALT1:~~... that the construction of New York City's Van Wyck Expressway required the relocation of an apartment building, so it was placed on metal rollers and relocated away from the expressway's path?~~ Source: NY Times

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/New England White
Comment: Unfortunately, since I couldn't find anything else that was particularly interesting, all the ALTs are a variation of the same fact.

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 21:38, 18 April 2018 (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 eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting:
Other problems: - Prefer the wording of the ALT0. I think it would be best to include the height of the building (four stories) in the hook and article, lest we have people imagining a skyscraper on wheels.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Sounder Bruce 02:13, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

@SounderBruce: Thanks for the review. How about this alternate hook? epicgenius (talk) 16:34, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- ALT2: ... that during the construction of New York City's Van Wyck Expressway, a four-story apartment building was placed on metal rollers and relocated away from the expressway's path?

- - Looks good to go. Sounder Bruce 05:30, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this, but I do not understand the sentence confirming the hook fact in the article: One 4-story apartment building, which housed 35 families, was placed on metal rollers and relocated away from the expressway's path because there was not enough space to build individual homes for these families. I would think they moved it out of the way because it was in the expressway's path, not because they wanted to build 35 homes in its place. I can't access the source; could you clarify, please? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 00:17, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

@Yoninah: The apartment building was placed on metal rollers and relocated away from the expressway's path. The apartment building can host 35 families on 4 floors. To build 35 individual homes would require four times as much land area. However, there was not enough land to build 35 individual homes, and demolishing a building without constructing a replacement is a non-starter, so it was more efficient to relocate the building. epicgenius (talk) 00:40, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

@Epicgenius: Okay. So maybe you should add to that sentence that if the building were simply demolished, they would have to construct new housing? Yoninah (talk) 00:45, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

@Yoninah: I have done that. epicgenius (talk) 01:04, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. Restoring tick for ALT2 (it's behind a paywall). Yoninah (talk) 10:58, 4 May 2018 (UTC)