Template:Did you know nominations/Marine Air Terminal
- 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 Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:16, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
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Marine Air Terminal
Marine Air Terminal
- ... that overcrowding at the Marine Air Terminal (pictured) prompted one airline owner to buy a boat? Source: "Oldtime Flyer Buys Ferry as Air-Line Office: Peru-Line Owner Seeks to Moor It at La Guardia Field as Headquarters". New York Herald Tribune. July 30, 1946. p. 13A
- ALT1: ... that the Marine Air Terminal (pictured), built for seaplanes, lasted as a seaplane terminal for less than a decade? Source: "Marine Air Terminal" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. November 25, 1980.
- ALT2: ... that a long-forgotten mural at the Marine Air Terminal (pictured) was only rediscovered because of a chance conversation? Source: Newman, Barry (May 15, 1973). "That Fabulous Airport Of Flying-Boat Days Is Yecch-Blue Now: Some Talk of Restoring Mural, But the Artist Doesn't Care; Landing the Yankee Clippers Fabulous Airport for Flying Boats Is Yecch-Blue Now; Mural Is Gone". Wall Street Journal. p. 1
- ALT3: ... that a mural at the Marine Air Terminal (pictured) was painted over for reasons not known to its own artist, who only later learned about the mural's destruction? Source: "Airport Mural to Be Restored". Newsday. February 2, 1979. p. 6. Newman, Barry (May 15, 1973). "That Fabulous Airport Of Flying-Boat Days Is Yecch-Blue Now: Some Talk of Restoring Mural, But the Artist Doesn't Care; Landing the Yankee Clippers Fabulous Airport for Flying Boats Is Yecch-Blue Now; Mural Is Gone". Wall Street Journal. p. 1
- ALT4: ... that the Marine Air Terminal (pictured) has been described as the "crown jewel" of New York City's LaGuardia Airport? Source: Dunlap, David W. (December 30, 2004). "Rebuilding, Yes, but Taking Pains to Preserve, Too". The New York Times.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Josef Martin Knüsel
Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 13:42, 26 August 2022 (UTC).
Recently promoted to GA. No content issues. Hooks are interesting and cited, though I personally wouldn't promote anything other than ALT0 and ALT2. Only pending QPQ now. Ping me when it's added and I'll give this a tick. ~StyyxTalk? 22:06, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
- @Styyx: Thanks for the review. I have now done a QPQ. I agree with you, ALT0 and ALT2 are the best hooks - as a matter of fact, that's actually why I put ALT0 first. Epicgenius (talk) 14:54, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
