Template:Did you know nominations/190th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)


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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 14:44, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

190th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

 * ... that for 25 years, pedestrians in Hudson Heights, New York City, paid a subway fare to use the elevators in the 190th Street station to avoid climbing an eight-story hill? Source: NY Times (1957).
 * ALT1:... that in 1951, researchers concluded that in the case of a nuclear attack, New York City's 190th Street subway station was safe enough to shelter from radioactive fallout? Source: NY Times (1951)
 * Reviewed: Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914–915) (2 credits; 1/2 used here)

Improved to Good Article status by Kew Gardens 613 (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 21:09, 20 January 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg The hooks made me want to read this, and it's an excellent article! GA received same day as nomination. New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. Both hooks are great; I lean toward the first one (I tweaked it to remove the possessive construction), but I'll let the prep promoter decide. Since I've maxed out on my New York Times viewing rights this month, I'm accepting them AGF and cited inline. Images are freely licensed. QPQ done. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 21:04, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
 * , Thanks for the review; I just saw this now. Just FYI, this particular NY Times article is paywalled anyway. epicgenius (talk) 15:48, 27 January 2019 (UTC)