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Did you know... that for a time, subway riders exiting the Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station in the evening could find themselves trapped behind a locked gate?

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... that formerly, subway riders trying to exit the Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station in the evening were trapped behind a locked gate? Source: NY Times
- ALT1:... that the Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station in New York City contains posters showing objects at nearby museums such as the Museum of Modern Art? Source: Interiors

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Misty Mountain

Improved to Good Article status by Kew Gardens 613 (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 21:10, 13 September 2019 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - SubwayNut, a self-published source, is used quite heavily.
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - ALT1 needs to have a citation immediately after the end of the sentence ("...each platform.") for DYK compliance. The hook tweaked so that it is "showing objects at" or however the book source is wording it; as it stands, the article and hook do not match.
Interesting:

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: Going to AGF on the sourcing in ALT1, which I find to be equally interesting to ALT0. Just needs a QPQ and those changes I mentioned. The wording of ALT0 needs a bit of work too, since it flows awkwardly. Perhaps "... that some locked exit gates at Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station trapped passengers attempting to exit in the evenings?" Sounder Bruce 04:45, 14 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

- @SounderBruce: Thanks for the review. Subway Nut is really used only as a photo citation. I have trimmed its use considerably, nonetheless. I also have now done a QPQ. epicgenius (talk) 14:07, 14 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - The hook citation issue has been fixed, and I'm still 50-50 on allowing the SubwayNut citations to remain in place, but I won't give you a hard time over it. Just make sure to scrub them from future GAs, because it is really borderline. Sounder Bruce 06:29, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    - @SounderBruce: While I agree that using citations from SubwayNut are not preferrable, for most stations, there is no other option. What other acceptable citations would there be? Other than getting access to station blueprints or the link, I can't see any.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 10:22, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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@Epicgenius: Here is a presentation on the developer-funded improvements. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 14:38, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Kew Gardens 613: Thanks, this is very helpful. I haven't seen that video before. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:03, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Epicgenius: Here is a VERY detailed document on the easement agreement with the developer. Maps for the layout/project begin on page 74. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 21:11, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]