A fact from Heckscher Playground appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 January 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Heckscher Playground, the oldest playground in New York City's Central Park, was initially opposed because people wanted to preserve the park's passive landscape?
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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 22:32, 2 January 2020 (UTC)Reply
... that the Heckscher Playground, rebuilt in 1970, had to be demolished a little more than a year later to accommodate subway construction? Source for ALT0: NY Daily News
Overall: The ALT0 is most interesting, followed by ALT1. I don't think ALT2 is all that noteworthy (except maybe that the namesake was still alive), because it's common for that kind of empty praise to go around for civic projects. SounderBruce 23:21, 23 November 2019 (UTC)Reply
The ALT0 is most interesting, followed by ALT1. I don't think ALT2 is all that noteworthy (except maybe that the namesake was still alive), because it's common for that kind of empty praise to go around for civic projects. SounderBruce 23:21, 23 November 2019 (UTC)