User:Wil540 art/Notes/BRONX NYBG June 2022

NYBG Articles to create from past edit-a-thons
• Mary Barkworth

• A. T. Beals

• Hans T. Beck

• Edward S. Burgess

• Stewart H. Burnham

• Charles L. Gilly

• Richard Clinton Harris

• Noel Holmgren

• Edwin H. Ketchledge

• Roy A. Latham

• Richard A. Laubengayer

• James Colin Lendemer

• Robert Naczi

• Michael Harley Nee

• Stanley Jay Smith

• Anna Semenova Schchian

• Lynn Allison Bohs

• Helga Ochoterena Booth

• Ruth Breen

• Ana L. Caicedo

• Memory Elvin-Lewis

• Shakti M. Gupta

• Stella Victoria Kellerman

• Elizabeth Kellogg

• Carol Lerner

• Christine Padoch

• Mary Richards (botanist)

• Judith Taylor

• Clara Gertrude Weishaupt

• Elsa M. Zardini

WikiGap articles from past edit-a-thons
Articles to Create
 * Frances Bradshaw
 * Jane Darke
 * Marie Dormoy (on French Wikipedia: Marie Dormoy)
 * Benedicte Foo
 * Sue Francis
 * Alice T. Friedman
 * Mervat F. Hatem
 * Anette Hermann
 * Cora Nicolaï-Chaillet
 * Monica Nicoletti
 * Marion Roberts
 * Sarah Unruh

Test for 2023 event
Errors in Wikipedia on City Island - July 2023 This list was compiled by Barbara Burn Dolensek for the 2023 Environment of the Bronx NYBG edit-a-thon
 * Paragraph 1: Pelham Bay no longer exists.
 * Pell Islands, not Pelham.
 * Paragraph 2: update the census.
 * History: Siwanoy band should be called Native Americans; Siwanoy is no longer used in reference to the peoples who lived here: ref: https://historicpelham.blogspot.com/search?q=siwanoyT
 * Wiechquaeskeck were likely the people who lived near City Island.
 * Native Americans only lived on the island during the summer, not in winter.
 * Thomas Pell not a nobleman; he was a physician.
 * Anne Hutchinson did not lead English settlers to the area.
 * The island, known as Minnewits, Minneford, Minefer’s, Great Mulberry Island, stayed in the Pell family until 1761.
 * Palmer changed the name to New City Island and later dropped the “New.”
 * American Revolution – make a reference to the Battle of Pell’s Point.
 * City Island’s shipbuilding began much earlier than mid-20 th century; actually began in the 1870s.
 * Clam digger – two words
 * Demographics need to be updated.
 * Land use – no antique stores; artists’ studios now
 * William Belden was one of the leaders of Black Friday; needs his own entry. Awful man.
 * Resort taken over by the Collis P. Huntington Estate in 1900; rented to hotels, restaurants and then sold to the Morris Yacht Club when Robert Moses kicked it out of Pelham Bay Park.
 * Astor and Morgan came to City Island because of their boats. Hearst may or may not have been here; August Belmont Junior bought up a lot of land here, which was auctioned off after his death in 1924.
 * No rabbits here; deer only come once every few years from the park. Wildlife diversity in birds is because the park is part of a major migratory pattern. Monk parakeets no longer here. The wetlands area on west Ditmars is not protected.
 * Activities
 * The Lobster Box is now closed.
 * Admission to the Nautical Museum is now $8. Mention that P.S. 17 was built in 1898 by NYC (finished before the bridge).
 * Arsenic and Old Lace was not filmed on City Island in 1969. A photo of the Pell house was used in the movie but that’s it.
 * There are now seven active beekeepers on the island.
 * Boating
 * UK Halsey sailmaker has moved off the island and Doyle is leaving this summer
 * There are not many large piers around the island; only on the east side and not many of them.
 * Consolidated Yachts is now gone.
 * Columbia University sailing team no longer here; nor is the Fordham University team.
 * Only one boat built at Nevins successfully defended the America’s Cup; the other four boats were built at Minneford Yacht Yard.
 * The J24 fleet is minimal now.
 * Mention somewhere that although many hundreds of boats were built or rebuilt on City Island since 1860, the boatyards did not retool for fiberglass and the business went elsewhere.
 * Local Organizations
 * City Island Indivisible should be added.
 * City Island Oyster Reef, Inc (non profit)
 * Police and Crime – update the statistics
 * School: Only one public school on the island
 * Holy Rosary academy no longer operates on City Island.
 * Transportation
 * Mention that August Belmont Jr purchased a franchise for IRT from the owner of the Pelham Bay Park and City Island Railway; he was the one who built the monorail and purchased a great many acres on City Island.
 * Films Only two scenes for The Royal Tenenbaums were filmed at Delmour’s Point.
 * Literature – misuse of commas throughout
 * Television All of the exterior scenes for The Family series, produced and written by Jenna Bans (of Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives) were filmed at Delmour’s Point in 2016.
 * Part of one episode of Nurse Jackie starring Edie Falco was filmed at Delmour’s Point in 2010.
 * Notable residents: Henry B Nevins was not an author.