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Interesting read! Urban truths stranger than legends are always fascinating...

And I would also argue for the inclusion of a fifth myth, East Side Access. Its 2022 opening was certainly a bold, yet untrue statement, on the part of the MTA. ^Complex/_Rational 02:38, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

• I love this story. I'd seen it before, but it's nice to see it in full, updated. I could imagine this as a series about urban legends/truths about rail terminals, airports etc. Of course you may have the very best right here. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 02:45, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Awesome write-up and great research! This was a joy to read ^_^ ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 13:42, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

• This was a really interesting piece on one of my favorite places in NYC. Great research! Netherzone (talk) 04:25, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

• Congratulations and kudos for a very difficult sourcing job well done! I grew up in New Jersey and loved Grand Central. It's sad that even the official tour didn't have their facts straight. Now if only someone would take on debunking all the MAGA lies surrounding the 2020 election . . . --Chetvorno^TALK 06:56, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

  @Chetvorno: On elections - People do. Constantly. The reason it doesn't work is because the MAGA movement is built on alternative facts and the culture of Post-truth politics. casualdejekyll 21:25, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

• Congratulations on excellent work! Very impressive and the end result is quite fascinating. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:26, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

• We have this clear photo of the ceiling File:NYC Grand Central Terminal ceiling.jpg. It shouldn't be too difficult to scale an accurate sky map to match for comparison. This category might help Commons:Category:Firmamentum Sobiescianum, sive uranographia.--agr (talk) 22:22, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

• By the way, the tennis court upstairs is not a myth at all; I can safely vouch for it because I've been there myself. Daniel Case (talk) 02:53, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

I did get there! Took a quick photo or two. Pretty wild. ɱ (talk) 03:06, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

• Very interesting! It is really sad that much pop education, like guided tours, is grossly untrue. There's a Peep Show clip where the main character sells out in real time. People may criticise Wikipedia as dry but I am proud of the fact that we will not tolerate distortions of fact on the grounds of entertainment. — Bilorv (talk) 13:48, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

• For a few years I was a weekend bicycle tour guide. Mostly South Bronx, Harlem, Central Park, Astoria, Roosevelt Island, Greenpoint. I always mentioned that I wrote part of the Wikipedia article about most of the sights, and cautioned that my lectures were less carefully prepared. I mean, often I didn't know what part of town they wanted to see, much less what questions they would ask. Mostly I got stuff right but upon checking after a tour I never found that I had made a mistake that made it less funny or less grand. Jim.henderson (talk) 19:37, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

• Fascinating article and a great reminder that even the most reliable sources are often not all that reliable. WaggersTALK 11:40, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

• Sometimes the story about how an article gets written is better than the article itself. -- llywrch (talk) 00:32, 2 February 2023 (UTC)