Talk:Thomas Jefferson Park

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A fact from Thomas Jefferson Park appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 January 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the development of Thomas Jefferson Park was intended to help Italian Harlem, described as "for many years the black spot of Harlem"?

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 11:13, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the development of Thomas Jefferson Park was intended to help Italian Harlem, described as "for many years the black spot of Harlem"? Source: "Harlem and the Bronx". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 19, 1899. p. 8.
- ALT1:... that close associates of New York City parks commissioner Robert Moses claimed they could keep African Americans from Thomas Jefferson Park's pool by making the water too cold? Source: Caro, Robert (1974). The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. New York: Knopf. pp. 512-514
- ALT2:... that Thomas Jefferson Park's pool, where Black and Hispanic children faced violence in the 1930s for trying to swim, had many Puerto Rican and Mexican visitors by the 1990s? Source: (1) Gutman, Marta (November 1, 2008). "Race, Place, and Play: Robert Moses and the WPA Swimming Pools in New York City". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. University of California Press. 67 (4): 545. (2) Martin, Douglas (August 15, 1999). "A Day in the Water, Floating on Air; A Swimmer Finds That Manhattan's 12 Municipal Pools Are Oases Where All Cares Dissolve". The New York Times.

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Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 22:05, 12 January 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Awesome article! New enough, long enough, very well cited, hook directly stated. Prefer Alt0. Consider adding image in the lede for the hook? It's PD. Maury Markowitz (talk) 15:26, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Maury Markowitz: Thanks for the review. I considered adding an image to the hook, but the lead image, which shows a farm program in the park, wasn't particularly related. Unfortunately, I can't find any freely licensed images of the pool, or else I would've proposed these. Epicgenius (talk) 21:53, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]