Talk:Pier 57
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Rooftop Park
[edit]I took a few images from the park on the rooftop:
- A. From stadium seating
- B. Facing east with lawn and back of outdoor theater
- C. Facing west toward New Jersey
- D. Facing east with planers and superstructure
Looking for feedback on which one to use with the article. Thanks. DutchTreat (talk) 20:21, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- Added picture B showing rooftop lawn. - DutchTreat (talk) 15:08, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
Did you know nomination
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- ... that a building occupied by Google (pictured) was variously used as a shipping pier, bus depot, and detention center? Source: Multiple in article, but essentially "Stern, Robert A. M.; Fishman, David; Tilove, Jacob (2025). New York 2020: Architecture and Urbanism at the Beginning of a New Century (2020 ed.). New York: Monacelli Press. pp. 237–239." has it all in one place.
- ALT1: ... that New York City's Pier 57 (pictured), used for decades as a bus depot, later became a food hall and Google offices? Source: Morris, Keiko (December 23, 2015). "Lease Deals Take Shape on Pier 57". The Wall Street Journal; "Google opens new Pier 57 to employees, public". The Real Deal. April 23, 2022.
- ALT2: ... that a former bus depot (pictured) became "Guantanamo on the Hudson", then a Google office? Source: Healy, Patrick; Saulny, Susan (August 31, 2004). "The Republicans: the Convention in New York – Arrests; Demonstrators Held at Pier 57 Complain of Conditions and Long Waits". The New York Times.; (December 23, 2015). "Lease Deals Take Shape on Pier 57". The Wall Street Journal]; "Google opens new Pier 57 to employees, public". The Real Deal. April 23, 2022.
- ALT3: ... that New York City's Pier 57 (pictured) replaced a "fireproof" shed that burned down? Source: "Harbor and Dock Improvements". Scientific American. Vol. xcix, no. 28. December 5, 1908. p. 408; "5 Million Fire Wrecks Pier On Hudson: Grace Line Dock at 15th Street Burns; Borough Alarm Is Turned 0 In 6 Firehoats Called, 24 Firemen Injured 800 Bales of Cotton Lost; Flames Spurt Through Roof; No Ship at Pier". New York Herald Tribune. September 29, 1947. p. 1.
- ALT4: ... that ... that New York City's Pier 57 (pictured) floats on three "cheeseboxes"? Source: "First of 360-Foot Pier 'Cheeseboxes' Floated As Skeptical Residents of Haverstraw Gawk" (PDF). The New York Times. July 22, 1952.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sabrina Online and Template:Did you know nominations/Bonaparte Lake
Epicgenius (talk) 12:48, 18 September 2026 (UTC).
Article is in good shape, eligible, and without signs of copyvio. QPQs are good. May I have a quote from Stern et al. to confirm the ALT0? Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:05, 18 September 2026 (UTC)
Epicgenius sent me photos of the pages in question—all checks out for me, we're good to go. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:39, 18 September 2026 (UTC)
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