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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:30, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

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  • ... that a lack of ferry service contributed to the growth of a seaside resort in the New York City neighborhood of Canarsie? Source: Jamaica Bay History, p. 44. "During the first summer of operations, train service consisted of ten round trips between 7:30 am and 7:30 pm. However, the ferry Rockaway met trains at Canarsie only at 10:00 am, 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm. ... Canarsie Landing was becoming an attractive place to bide one's time till the next ferry arrived."
    • ALT1:... that the New York City neighborhood of Canarsie was the center of a controversy over school desegregation in the 1970s? Source: Canarsie: The Jews and Italians of Brooklyn Against Liberalism, pp. 1-2.
    • ALT2:... that during the early 20th century, disused streetcars from around New York City were buried in a pond in the neighborhood of Canarsie? Source: NY Times. "There are no trolleys to be seen on Rockaway Parkway either, but buried in an area stretching perhaps seven acres are dozens of old trolleys—such as the “1100's” and the “2300's”—that once transported Brooklynites on 72 streetcar lines. [...] A report In a company publication in 1916 noted that in four years time, sufficient sand had been removed to form a lake of about seven acres in area, 35 feet deep, with banks 15 feet high. Trolleymen said the lake was actually much deeper and kept swallowing trolleys for years. After the trolley graveyard was closed in 1939..."

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 17:53, 30 January 2018 (UTC).

  • recently 5x expanded, no major policy issues, QPQ complete. Nice expansion. My preference is for another version of ALT1, since it's both interesting and one of the more salient and substantial parts of the article. However, the source (at least that I'm seeing on those pages) doesn't use the term "desegregation" (maybe needless nuance, but I think "integration" is more precise). "Center of controversy over school desegregation" also seems like a bit of an overstatement given the many high-profile (Supreme Court, etc.) cases regarding the subject in that time period. Maybe something like ALT3 below, though I think it could still be improved. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 23:37, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
​ALT3 sounds better. How about this variant, though: epicgenius (talk) 23:45, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
  • @Epicgenius: was it just one controversy? My sense was that it was several, and that there were other school integration-related conflicts that could be argued to be indirectly related to busing? Here's another try, but I wouldn't be sad if the above version were passed either. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 00:34, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
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