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... that Park Avenue Plaza is not on
Park Avenue and does not have a plaza? Source: Kayden, Jerold S. Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience (2000), p. 156.
ALT1: ... that despite its name, Park Avenue Plaza is not actually situated on
Park Avenue, nor does it have a plaza? Source: Kayden, Jerold S. Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience (2000), p. 156.
ALT3: ... that the owners of Park Avenue Plaza applied for a unique
ZIP Code just so the building's mail would get delivered? Source: Smith, Randall (May 27, 1983). "A Fancy Address In New York City May Be Just Fanciful: Some 'Park Avenue' Buildings Turn Up on Side Streets; Where Is Wall St. Plaza?". Wall Street Journal. p. 1.
Article was 5x expanded in the last 7 days (2341b to 18 kB). Article is well-written and adequately cited. QPQ has been completed. Only pings on Earwigs are for long proper titles and attributed quoted. Hooks are interesting, cited, and short enough for DYK; AGF on offline sources.
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22:18, 14 July 2022 (UTC)reply
A fact from Park Avenue Plaza appeared on Wikipedia's
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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
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... that Park Avenue Plaza is not on
Park Avenue and does not have a plaza? Source: Kayden, Jerold S. Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience (2000), p. 156.
ALT1: ... that despite its name, Park Avenue Plaza is not actually situated on
Park Avenue, nor does it have a plaza? Source: Kayden, Jerold S. Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience (2000), p. 156.
ALT3: ... that the owners of Park Avenue Plaza applied for a unique
ZIP Code just so the building's mail would get delivered? Source: Smith, Randall (May 27, 1983). "A Fancy Address In New York City May Be Just Fanciful: Some 'Park Avenue' Buildings Turn Up on Side Streets; Where Is Wall St. Plaza?". Wall Street Journal. p. 1.
Article was 5x expanded in the last 7 days (2341b to 18 kB). Article is well-written and adequately cited. QPQ has been completed. Only pings on Earwigs are for long proper titles and attributed quoted. Hooks are interesting, cited, and short enough for DYK; AGF on offline sources.
Morgan695 (
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22:18, 14 July 2022 (UTC)reply