Talk:Marcy Playground
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[edit] Band name
Hmm. Now that I think of it, the band could be named for the playground across the street here. There are two parks in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood in Minneapolis. One is Marcy Park, located in the eastern part of the neighborhood near the University. The other is Holmes Park, located in the western part of the neighborhood, in the old St. Anthony area of Minneapolis. The confusion comes from the fact that Holmes Park is adjacent to the Marcy Open School, which has a playground. I don't know firsthand which playground/park it actually is—a friend pointed out Marcy Park to me. But, it's narrowed down to two places within walking distance of each other. —Mulad 01:24, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
It's the one at Marcy Open School. Wozniak makes it clear in several bios and interviews that are sprinkled around the web. Cheers, Iroll 6 Mar 2004
Actually, I believe that it's not the one at marcy open school. I live in the neighborhood, and am pretty sure that the current marcy open school was built after john attended it, and when he went to marcy open it was somewhere else in the marcy-holmes neighborhood. I think I havethat right.
Should it be noted that in Brooklyn, NY, there's a playground on Marcy Avenue called Marcy Playground? Dabizi (talk) 23:49, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
- I don't mean to nit-pick, but the expression "named for" seems to be peculiar to (regions of) the US. It sounds completely alien to me, and rather odd when "named after" is the more common form. I'm not criticising, it's just something I've noticed that seems to be becoming increasingly pervasive, and I'm curious as to its origins and why it might be gaining traction. Mike (talk) 18:01, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
Put NPOV tag on account of the history section. Someone needs to make it not sound like the band wrote it.--Nog64 21:18, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- I edited most of the unattributed review-type language from the article and removed the NPOV tag. Feel free to replace if you feel the issues still exist. I think there is a place for such language in the article, but it must be clearly attributed to somebody, which is wasn't. janejellyroll 21:23, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
