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Aldine Square, Chicago

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Original – Aldine Square, Chicago, in 1935. Aldine Square was a neighborhood that would be demolished to make way for the Ida B. Wells Homes in 1938; this picture was taken by federal employees documenting the pre-project area.

Reason: This was an FPC back in 2020 and garnered some support and no opposition, but wasn't discussed enough to be promoted. This is a compelling and high-quality photograph of a residential neighborhood – Aldine Square, Chicago – that was demolished in 1938 to make way for the Ida B. Wells Homes. The image has high EV in its article and good composition; yes, the tree might be an obstructing element, and one of the few people has motion blurring, but the crispness and angled view of the neighborhood makes this a wonderful "day in the life" street view image from a bygone era, and is IMO more aesthetically pleasing than harsh sepia tones from the late 19th century.
Articles in which this image appears: Aldine Square, Chicago; Oakland, Chicago
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator: Historic American Building Survey, with cropping and restoration by John M Wolfson and Bammesk

Support as nominator – – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 20:19, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for now. Needs restoration -- too many scratches (not sure what they're called) for a featured picture. Nythar (💬-❄️) 21:20, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nythar, can you describe which part(s) of the photo has these abnormal patches or scratched? Maybe I or someone else can remove them. Bammesk (talk) 22:58, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Bammesk, zoom in on the front of these houses and if you look closely, you'll see very thin white lines. — Nythar (💬-❄️) 23:23, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see them. Bammesk (talk) 23:27, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Conditional Support – if the nom gets a couple of supports, I will clean up the scratches. Bammesk (talk) 02:51, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If you're going to tinker with it further, you might try lightening it up a little and increasing the contrast as well. You've got some room to work with before you blow out any of the highs, and it looks rather dull and dingy right now. That seems to me more of a problem than the scratches. Just my opinion, but a brighter version would probably get my support. Choliamb (talk) 15:20, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I am Ok with adjusting the highs (but not darkening the lows). Let's see if the nom gets another support or two. Bammesk (talk) 04:30, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Alt1 higher contrast and brightness version version

New Alt added per Choliamb's comments. I wanted to stay faithful and go for less-aggressive corrections first (and am not the absolute expert on color balance, etc.), so I increased the contrast spread by 1% and the brightness by 10-15%. If this is inadequate, feel free to do more. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 04:00, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support the alternative version. Choliamb (talk) 12:41, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support for Alt1 – The photo could be sharper, and the Aldine Square article is rather sparse. The building's main claim to notability seems to be that Jelly Roll Morton once lived there. – Sca (talk) 13:58, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:48, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

None of the images has enough support for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:48, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]