User talk:Djb375/sandbox
Hi David!
You picked a really interesting (and challenging) article to critique. Central Park is iconic! Who doesn't love Central Park? It's a park. In a city. In a million movies. The article seems uncontroversial for sure. When you come to a topic like this, the challenge of identifying the orientation becomes quite a bit more challenging. As your responses to the critique indicate, it's relatively well-written, descriptions of its geologic features or a list of the plant life don't provoke a lot of suspicion.
And you're right about its length...and organization. Seems pretty straightforward. So how do we find our way in? Certainly, references point towards tourism and conservancy and the style of the article fits with the best of tourism writing. It doesn't really feel like an advertisement because its just describing this awesome place that is world famous, right? How would you find alternative viewpoints? One place that jumps out to me is late in the article - "issues" - ake a look at that section and see if you can find some issues with the issues. :)
I was surprised to see no mention of the "central park 5" - given its recent surge in attention (thanks, Trump!) Also, Central Park is a very important example of a public commons - a space for "all" that clearly doesn't want to be portrayed as unseemly...no one wants to associate negative things with the park...it functions as a getaway from all that...
Another big deal thing (which was briefly mentioned as mildly controversial) was the building project from a few years back. The Wiki article says "During the 2000s and early 2010s, new towers have been constructed or planned for the southern end of Central Park. According to a Municipal Art Society report, such buildings will cast shadows over the southern end of the park. There has been a little controversy over this."
I think it has been pretty controversial. Take a look at this piece and tell me what you think....http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-long-dark-shadows-plutocracy/