Talk:Mathews Model Flats
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[edit]- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by NewAccount7295 (talk) 05:18, 19 August 2026 (UTC)
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A row of Mathews Flats
- ... that New York City's more than 1,200 Mathews Flats (pictured) would stretch more than four miles (6.4 km) if set side by side?
Mnation2 (talk) 01:45, 14 August 2026 (UTC).
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The hook should probably be changed to "that by 1926, New York City's more than 1,200 Mathews Flats (pictured) would stretch more than four miles (6.4 km) if set side by side?" because its referring to the number of flats that existed in 1926. Also image has a small border around it, which can be cropped using CropTool. Sahaib (talk) 22:28, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
- Your rewording is great. I agree with rewording to "that by 1926, New York City's more than 1,200 Mathews Flats (pictured) would stretch more than four miles (6.4 km) if set side by side?" I've also used the crop tool and applied it to the image on Wikimedia. For me, it still renders with the border from this page, but when I click on the image it shows the new, cropped version. Mnation2 (talk) 21:15, 17 August 2026 (UTC)
- Cool, it's good to go. Sahaib (talk) 22:09, 17 August 2026 (UTC)
- Your rewording is great. I agree with rewording to "that by 1926, New York City's more than 1,200 Mathews Flats (pictured) would stretch more than four miles (6.4 km) if set side by side?" I've also used the crop tool and applied it to the image on Wikimedia. For me, it still renders with the border from this page, but when I click on the image it shows the new, cropped version. Mnation2 (talk) 21:15, 17 August 2026 (UTC)
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- ↑ "G. X. Mathews Co. Plans $1,000,000 Housing Program". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. March 28, 1926. p. 59. Retrieved August 8, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
Over 1,200 houses have been built, making homes for over 30,000 people in Brooklyn and Queens. Side by side on one street they would cover a line more than four miles long.
- ↑ Cogan, Thomas (January 6, 2016). "Mathews Model Flats Rebuilt Borough's Landscape". Queens Gazette. Retrieved August 8, 2026.
At one point, long before the final building was finished, The New York Times said that if lined up end to end, Mathews Model Flats would stretch for four miles.