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Did you know... that the Battery in Lower Manhattan contains an old fort that later served as a theater, immigration processing center, and aquarium?
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I would tend to agree with the National Park Service[1] that it was renamed for DeWitt Clinton in 1817. He was already famous and admired for his work in promoting the Erie Canal, which opened the west to the Port of New York. The timing of the renaming (two years after leaving Mayoralty) is just about right for such an honor. George Clinton was no slouch, either, but considering the timing, I would go for DeWitt. -- Cecropia | Talk20:12, 18 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
I would suggest that the New York version is much better known than the Charleston version, and that this article should contain the New York Battery article, with a reference to the Charleston one. Plus the fact the The Battery refers to the New York version as well as the Charleston one. DJ Clayworth 16:05, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
You beat me to it by two years! I was honestly going to request that. It would be extremely helpful to provide a map clearly delineating the area in and around Battery Park. And just figured I'd announce that I organized the placement of the pictures to allow for proper editing and aesthetics (there were three edit links bunched together as a result of all pictures being placed at the beginning of the article) and it looks alot better now. KirkCliff2 (talk) 04:59, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Someone added a quote from The Simpsons. It incorrectly idetifies Rockefeller Center as Rockefeller Square. If this is the actual quote from the show, fine, but if anyone knows this to be an error, please correct.
Digit LeBoid14:45, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the info. A vent makes sense, given that the two tunnels overlap just South of the structure. I guess I was not thinking of a vent when I saw it (I was wondering if it was another secret Men in Black entrance), because other vents are so much bigger and more prominent. Of course, it could just be a vent for the Battery Park Underpass, because there is already a vent for the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel attached to Governor's Island. I just wish there was some way to document the purpose of the structure; the park conservancy website says absolutely nothing about it and there are no signs on the building. Oh well... —Kanodin06:38, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"Historic Battery Park" is written on some orientation maps there, but the city parks department calls it Battery Park. Then again, the quasi-official Battery Conservancy seems to consistently call the park "The Battery" and avoid the word "park," so who knows.--Cam (talk) 04:02, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Is this section really necessary? Doesn't seem notable to list every time it's ever been mentioned in a movie, TV show or video game. If Battery Park was an obscure location, then it might be notable to have been mentioned in popular culture, but it's a widely known location. 162.136.193.1 (talk) 20:32, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Is Battery Park federal land or just Castle Clinton NM? It could have remained federal land since colonial days but the Castle Clinton article says "...July 18, 1950, when the legislature and the governor...formally ceded ownership of the property to the Federal Government." What property? Just the area inside Castle Clinton or all of Battery Park? The quote above implies that all the land belonged to the state until 1950.
Just Castle Clinton and a small bit of pavement surrounding it is federal, one acre total. The rest of Battery Park is owned by the city. 69.95.62.161 (talk) 06:01, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
In the 2010 film The Sorcerer's Apprentice, starring Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel, Baruchel's younger counterpart was on a field trip to Battery Park in the beginning of the film.
In the Jessie episode "Take The A-Train...I Think?" Emma wants to go to the multicultural state fair and Zuri wants to go to the park at Battery Park, but Jessie keeps taking them on the wrong subway trains.
Men in Black 3 (2012), starring Will Smith, was shot in Battery Park, as well as at various other sites in New York City.
The 2012 Glee breakup scene between Kurt and Blaine was filmed here.
Video games:
The park is featured in the first game in the Deus Ex series, wherein players can explore maintenance tunnels underneath Castle Clinton, visit its courtyard, and roam the surroundings.
In the fifth episode of the point and click adventure game Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, Battery Park is portrayed in a literal manner, with giant batteries inhabiting the area and acting as a power plant of sorts.
In Grand Theft Auto IV, the neighborhood named Castle Gardens is based on Battery Park, as it has a similar location at the southern tip of Manhattan (called Algonquin in the game), borders another neighbourhood called Castle Gardens City (similar to Battery Park City), and features a recreation of City Pier A.
Music:
Battery Park is mentioned in Cole Porter's song "I Happen to Like New York," from the musical The New Yorkers: "I like to go to Battery Park and watch those liners booming in."
The Angus & Julia Stone song, "Santa Monica Dream," mentions Battery Park in the lyrics: "Rob's in the kitchen making pizza / Somewhere down in Battery Park."
The park is mentioned in the Follies song "Broadway Baby", which contains the lyric, "To pierce the dark, from Battery Park, to Washington Heights".
The Battery is featured in the famous show tune, "New York, New York" from the musical On the Town, which includes the line "... the Bronx is up and the Battery's down" referring to its southerly location.
A Sunday In Battery Park is a song in Benny Andersson's and Björn Ulvaeus;s musical Kristina från Duvemåla. A group of Swedish immigrants arrive in America, through Battery Park, and find themselves overwhelmed by all of the sophisticated New Yorkers speaking a foreign language.
The Beastie Boys' song "Open Letter to NYC" lyric, "... from the Battery to the top of Manhattan", also refers to the entirety of the island.
Bob Seger's song "Manhattan" has the words: "He's walked all the way from Battery Park...".
Battery Park is also mentioned in John Mayer's song "City Love", which includes the lyric, "From the Battery to the Gallery", in reference to the entirety of Manhattan Island.
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"but then subsequently went into decline", then and subsequently are largely saying the same thing. You could probably drop then from this sentence.
Site
"In 1625-1626", use endashes for year ranges.
"the fort Fort James", double use of Fort is rather repetitive. Can we replace the first one with something, site maybe?
Link Hudson River in the second paragraph.
"the British Landing at Kip's Bay", I don't think the L needs to be upper case here.
"In 1808-1811", endash again.
General
There are quite a few instances of refs appearing out of numerical order, "from which the Battery got its present name.[10][11][1]" for example. Refs should be presented in numerical order to aid the reader.
20th century
"there was a plan to construct a federal government building from the site", should that be "on the site"?
"that U.S. Representative from Missouri, Richard Howard Ichord Jr.", that the U.S....? Also, does representative need the capital letter?
Castle Clinton
"and managed by the National Park Service" > is managed by...
Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and SeaGlass Carousel are all linked in the one or two sections before this. Repeating links in close proximity is generally considered an WP:OVERLINK.
Ref 70 doesn't appear to have the padlock that other Newspaper.com refs have.
Ref 124 needs an accessdate.
A nice article, well-written and detailed. There are a few points above to get started with from a quick run through. Placed on hold. Kosack (talk) 19:36, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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ALT1: ... that in the 1960s, a 2,500-foot-tall (760 m) needle was proposed for the Battery in Lower Manhattan? Source: NY Times 1967
ALT2: ... that The Battery in Lower Manhattan contains an old fort(pictured) that later served as a theater, immigration processing center, and aquarium? Source: Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010), The Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.), New Haven: Yale University Press, ISBN978-0-300-11465-2, p. 102.
Substantial GA on ecellent sources, no copyvio obvious. No image? You have so many, - actually too many for my taste in the monuments section - less could be more there. I like the first hook, much better than anything just proposed. Just waiting for qpq. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:35, 10 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for qpq and the image. Please connect that somehow to the hook, or make one, or do that for a different image, - not sure it's attractive in small size. --05:30, 11 September 2019 (UTC)Gerda Arendt (talk)