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April 11, 2020	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 18, 2020.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Riverside Park, designed by Central Park's architects, suffered from outdoor sewerage, squatters' shacks, and coal emissions in the late 19th century?

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In popular culture[edit]

I removed a whole section of unsourced pop-culture entries. epicgenius (talk) 18:53, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Films[edit]

Some scenes in the cult classic Death Wish (1974), including the infamous climactic gun battle, were filmed in Riverside Park
The "Baseball Furies", one of the more memorable street gangs from the film The Warriors (1979), hail from Riverside Park. The park itself featured in two scenes from the film, once where it was meant to be Pelham Bay Park, another as the actual park where the Warriors are being chased by the Furies.
The promenade at 91st Street in the park is where Joe Fox (played by Tom Hanks) and Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) meet at the end of the movie You've Got Mail (1998)

Television[edit]

The Seinfeld episode "The Frogger" (April 23, 1998) revolved around Jerry's not wanting to go near a girlfriend's apartment near Riverside Park, because of a serial killer named "The Lopper", who killed in the area.
The Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 10) episode 6 "Cadaver" opens with the discovery by a jogger of a dead body propped against a tree in Riverside Park.
In 30 Rock, it is the location where Liz and Criss first met.
In the Friends episode "The One with All the Rugby", it is the location of the eponymous rugby game, where Ross plays with Emily's friends, Liam and Devon.

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 The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:56, 12 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that as part of a 1930s project, a railroad in Riverside Park was placed in a tunnel underneath it? Source: NY Times 1936
- ALT1:... that Riverside Park consists of multiple registers built atop a train tunnel? Source: NPS p. 2 NYCL p. 2
- ALT2:... that Riverside Park, designed by Central Park's architects, suffered from outdoor sewerage, squatter's shacks, and coal emissions in the late 19th century? Source: Grimm & Schroeder p. 7

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Stearn's botanical names (T)
Comment: More hooks later

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 16:59, 12 April 2020 (UTC).[reply]

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: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

I only reviewed for the hook in ALT2 and didn't considered the other ones interesting. Good to go. KAVEBEAR (talk) 05:49, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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General Franz Sigel memorial[edit]

I added a picture of the General Franz Sigel memorial. Someone could check it for correct format, etc.