Talk:8th Street (Manhattan)

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This is a very unremarkable street in Manhattan. The original writer of the article confused it with St. Mark's Place, a notable New York street. I do not believe that the entry on East 8th Street has any potential to become an encyclopedic entry. Zenyu 19:18, Nov 28, 2004 (UTC)

• Delete: 8th St. is a long street, and it's certainly not St. Mark's Place. It's groovy, but not special. Geogre 03:41, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
• Nah, keep. Check out the Songlines link. Quite a bit of history attached to this street, I'd think.
  • Above comment left unsigned at 21:18, 28 Nov 2004 by T-bomb. —[[User:Radman1|RaD Man (talk)]] 05:37, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
  • It might make sense to write something about 8th Street, East and West together, but even on Songlines there is little of note on the 3-4 blocks that make up East 8th Street. There were a couple hotels and a department store. Some famous people lived there. That describes practically every street in Manhattan. I think the main entrance to the department store wasn't even on East 8th, but on East 9th (now Wanamaker's Lane). Zenyu 14:07, Nov 29, 2004 (UTC)
• Abstaining for now while researching. —[[User:Radman1|RaD Man (talk)]] 05:37, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. Intrigue 21:28, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
• Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't St. Mark's Place essentially three blocks of East 8th? I realize that this isn't one of those cases where two names apply to exactly the same street (like 6th Avenue / Avenue of the Americas) but probably most non New-Yorkers could be confused by that, and at the very least this should redirect to St. Mark's Place. -- Jmabel | Talk 02:56, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)
  • No, it's a completely different street. It has a different name and different building numbering. It's not a co-named street like 6th Avenue/Avenue of the Americas. While St. Mark's isn't as old as Bowery Lane or Styuvesant St. (which should have a page ;), I believe it is much older than 8th Street. A non-New Yorker might be confused but wouldn't adding a redirect from East 8th Street add more confusion? Zenyu 15:05, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)
• Delete. It's a street. We have millions in the United States. Not notable! --Improv 07:11, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)

end moved discussion

• Keep There's tons to write about 8th Street, almost as much as about any other Manhattan street other than Wall Street or Broadway. The Songlines link alone has dozens of notable locations on 8th Street -- ignoring St. Marks Place -- and we should have no difficulty expanding this article. Let's expand rather than argue. Alansohn 00:24, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

One way

Is the article correct about it being one-way east? The map I have here shows it one-way west. --SPUI (talk) 13:15, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Yep, one way east. -- Zenyu 13:39, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)

Move to 8th Street (Manhattan)

Shouldn't this be moved to 8th Street (Manhattan) to conform to what seems to be the standard for New York City streets? Most, if not all, New York streets in Template:NYC Streets are listed by their number. -- Robert ^See Hear _Speak 01:56, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

That is, by the numeral, not the name of the number. If no one protests I'll move it. -- BlastOButter42 ^See Hear _Speak 04:41, 29 November 2006 (UTC)