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Did you know... that after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down its racial quotas, the management of Starrett City left apartments empty, in an attempt to rent them at market rate, instead of renting them to black and Hispanic families?
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A lot has happened since 2007, particularly the 2009 preservation transaction. I have updated some information about the property as it now exists, and information about the preservation transaction and its consequences. I am associated with one of the advisers on the transaction.
AlexJ7 (
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18:34, 15 October 2010 (UTC)reply
I added a source. It isn't really a big deal, though i understand this may not be common knowledge. Also, 718/347/929 cover the same area.
"City[2]) " vs "km2)[3] " ref placement re: parentheses. I imagine the latter is because of the {{convert}} template, but I'd be consistent, and thus move the first one outside the closing parenthesis...
Well, in the first instance the reference is inside the parenthesis because it only references the parenthetical portion. In the second instance, the reference covers the preceding phrase both inside and outside the parenthetical portion.
epicgenius (
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21:32, 12 September 2019 (UTC)reply
"5-story" -> "five-story".
Fixed.
"United States.[13][7]" numerical order for refs.
Fixed.
"Starrett City
Cogeneration Facility," shouldn't really part-link formal titles to related articles.
"to the cogen facility" unencyclopedic abbreviation here.
Fixed both - moved the link to the first instance of "cogeneration" outside the proper name, and expanded the abbreviation.
" in 1978[21][10] and" ref order.
Fixed.
"other recreational facilities.[21][10] " ditto.
Fixed.
"many World Champion boxers" no need for that capitalisation.
Fixed.
"was one of the most high-crime areas" -> "had one of the highest crime rates"
Fixed.
" (on duly only)" duty I guess?
Fixed.
"on foot, bikes, or in " bicycles.
Fixed.
Out of interest, what does PS 346, IS 364 (etc) mean?
"renamed "Starrett at Spring Creek" around 1989.[60] On September 25, 2002, the complex was again renamed Spring Creek Towers" one name in quotes, one not in quotes, any logic?
Fixed the second one with quotes.
" A.R. Bernard" space between A. and R. these days.
"the median household income was $56,919" what's that compared to the US national average (I tend to find these factoids meaningless without context).
Fixed the three above. The new data for 2010 census does not include median household income.
"went to minority families.[78][76]" numerical order.
Fixed.
Interestingly in the racial quota controversy section you have a % "black" but in the previous section you had % "White" (capital W), why the difference? (You also say "62% of apartments were rented to whites" later...)
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... that after the creation of a private police force in the 1970s, Starrett City went from being one of New York City's most dangerous neighborhoods to one of its safest? Source:
NY Magazine;
NY Times 1979
ALT1:... that to circumvent a racial quota struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, apartments at Starrett City were left vacant instead of being rented to black and Hispanic families? Source:
NY Times 1990
ALT2:... that Starrett City is said to be the largest federally assisted rental property in the United States? Source:
NY Times 2017
New enough Good Article. All the hooks are cited and in the article (AGF on the Times archive material). All the hooks are good, though I think ALT0 and ALT1 are probably the most likely to be promoted. QPQ present.
Raymie (
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18:19, 17 September 2019 (UTC)reply