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Monopoly

"Park Lane owes much of its fame to the fact that it is the second most valuable property in the London edition of Monopoly." Much of its fame? Really? I would think that Park Lane had already acquired most of its fame long before Monopoly™ even existed. Uncited, in any case. - Jmabel | Talk 02:35, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Requested move 1 July 2015

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Park Lane, London → Park Lane – This looks to me like a primary topic, primarily due to its prominence in London and recognition on the Monopoly board. In the last 30 days, the article had 1,450 views. The other three articles unquestionably called "Park Lane" that cannot be disambiguated in any other way are Park Lane (stadium) (232), Park Lane (investment bank), (153) and Park Lane (mall) (91). Combined together that gives us 476 views, less than a third of the London Street. If the move carries, the existing Park Lane disambiguation page would move to Park Lane (disambiguation). Ritchie333 13:41, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

• Oppose per more precise the way it is 76.120.162.73 (talk) 18:22, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

But Birmingham, West Midlands, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Gravesend, Kent and Perth, Western Australia are "more precise", yet the primary topic is the shorter name. Ritchie333 18:35, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

• Support I think London's Park Lane is so globally renowned and has so many hits about it in reliable sources that by default this should be the London road and all others moved to a dab page. The vast majority of users typing in Park Lane will be looking for this.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:30, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
• Support I see nothing wrong with this idea. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:45, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose There are many Park Lanes, what makes this the primary topic? Also, there is no Park Lane in the original Monopoly,rather a Park Place. Perhaps you are thinking of a johnny-come-lately british version of Monopoly, as opposed to the original version from 1903 in America? So, other than the refuted point that it is known from Monopoly (as, well, the vast majority of the world doesn't play ::shudder:: london-based monopoly) what other reasons are there to believe that this park lane is the in fact primary topic? What about Park Lane in Boston, Or Dallas? ~~ipuser 94.14.212.141 (talk) 22:43, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Notable residents (moved from article)

Since you're here Blofeld, why not help get this to good article status and sort out the remaining "notable residents" list, add proper sources, and integrate them into the prose. Often (eg: as with Grosvenor House) the building has kind of equal notability to its most famous resident. Anyway....

Past

• No. 41: Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire, Brother-sister actor/dancing act leased a flat here, along with their mother, Ann Astaire when playing the West End production, 'Stop Flirting,' in 1923.
• No. 60: Robert B. Sherman songwriter of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins worked and resided in a flat here from 2002 until his death in 2012.
• No. 99: Moses Montefiore, philanthropist
• No. 100, Dudley House: Joseph Robinson, mining magnate
• No. 140: Keith Clifford Hall, contact lens pioneer
• Aldford House: Dame Anna Neagle, actress
• Londonderry House: Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, cabinet minister and very wealthy Irish aristocrat
• Somerset House (No. 40): Warren Hastings and the 11th and 12th Dukes of Somerset
• Hyde Park Residence (No. 55): Chika Sylva-Olejeme, peace crusader, founder International Peace Institute
• Fraudster Sidney Stanley occupied an apartment there during the 1940s.

Present

• Shirley Porter, Tesco heiress and Tory politician, set up home on Curzon Square in 2006 after 12 years of self-imposed exile in Israel
• No. 55 and 60: Mohamed Al-Fayed, owner of Fulham F.C., former owner of Harrods

Fictional residents

• No. 99a Blake and Mortimer, They live in Park Lane, London

Ritchie333 20:40, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I will try to give this a good look over the next few days, definitely worth getting to GA.♦ Dr. Blofeld 20:51, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

1. Cite error: The named reference parklane was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
2. "Search Blue Plaques". English Heritage. Retrieved 2008-11-06.

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