Talk:Amster Yard

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Z1720 (talk) 21:32, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

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Amster Yard

• ... that Amster Yard (pictured), once slated for demolition, had seven hundred guests and eight residents celebrate its renovation? Source: Hanlon, Pamela (2008). Manhattan's Turtle Bay : story of a Midtown neighborhood. Charleston SC: Arcadia Pub. p. 48.
  • ALT1:... that James Amster, who created Amster Yard (pictured) from a group of dilapidated buildings, believed it added to New York City's "civic pride"? Source: Duggan, Dennis (June 14, 1959). "Character Keynoted in City Houses: Owners Enjoy Offbeat Abodes". New York Herald Tribune. p. 1C.
  • ALT2:... that after Amster Yard became a New York City landmark, its namesake hosted a party in the yard and invited Norman Norell and the wife of Oscar Hammerstein II? Source: Hammel, Lisa (November 15, 1966). "When Your Yard Is Named a Landmark, What Do You Do? Give a Party" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 42
  • ALT3:... that Robert Moyer, the last resident of Amster Yard, could not bear to see the demolition of the complex, but reminisced at the replica built in its place? Source: Hanlon 2008, pp. 140-141
  • ALT4:... that one owner of Amster Yard received a 137 percent return in fifteen months by reselling the property? Source: Martinez, Barbara (May 12, 1999). "Deals: New York Property Sale Nets Quick Profit". Wall Street Journal. p. 16.

• Reviewed: Ray Keating
• Comment: If none of these are satisfactory, I can come up with some more hooks.

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 20:12, 3 May 2021 (UTC).

• Article is new enough, long enough, hook facts are properly cited. No issues with WP:V, WP:N, WP:BLP, or copyright. QPQ is done. The hooks are all OK, but frankly, kind of boring. For something a bit hookier, I'd suggest a alternative such as:

• • ALT5:... that Jacqueline Kennedy used to shop at Amster Yard.
  • ALT6:... that Life magazine put an Amster Yard christmas tree on their cover in 1946.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:16, 21 May 2021 (UTC)