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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:55, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

Prospect Park (Brooklyn)

Prospect Park
Prospect Park
  • ... that, until the 1930s, sheep grazed at a meadow in New York City's Prospect Park (pictured)? Source: NY Curbed "Until the 1930s, when Robert Moses banished them, sheep grazed in the Long Meadow"
    • ALT1:... that New York City's Prospect Park (pictured) was built around a Quaker cemetery? Source: NY Times. "Owned by the Quakers, the 10-acre cemetery is 17 years older than Prospect Park, which was built around it in 1866"
    • ALT2:... that, in its early years, New York City's Prospect Park (pictured) contained such features as a floating carousel and a camera obscura booth? Source: AM New York

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 16:23, 21 August 2019 (UTC).

Substantial interesting GA, on 222 (!) sources, offline sources acceptd AGF. I like all three hooks, would find the sheep more interesting if to 1970 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:17, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
Gerda Arendt, thanks for the review. I will be away for the next few days but will do a QPQ soon. epicgenius (talk) 12:59, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
@Gerda Arendt: I did a QPQ. epicgenius (talk) 21:04, 4 September 2019 (UTC)