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Did you know nomination
edit- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:25, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
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JPC headquarters, Chicago, 1973
- ... that John Moutoussamy designed the only downtown Chicago high-rise building (pictured) by an African-American, with "colorful walls and psychedelic carpets"? Source: "One of Moutoussamy's most high-profile commissions was the headquarters for black publishing titan John H. Johnson’s growing media empire, which included Ebony and Jet magazines. Inside the stone-clad structure, colorful walls and psychedelic carpets exuded energy, celebrating black culture and commerce. Today, it remains the only downtown Chicago tower designed by an African American." ([1])
- Reviewed: Date Junnosuke by Evrik
Created by Edwardx (talk). Self-nominated at 23:38, 26 November 2019 (UTC).
This article is new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain, the hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. A QPQ is needed, and can you do something about the ISSN errors mentioned in the reference section. What does "Ebony and Jet signage" mean? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:27, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Cwmhiraeth: Signs for the magazines that were headquartered in the building. Raymie (t • c) 22:04, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
- Ebony and Jet. --evrik (talk) 17:45, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
@Cwmhiraeth: I am contributing a QPQ to move this forward. @Edwardx:, please find an article to review when you can. --evrik (talk) 17:45, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks evrik, and I have sorted the ISSN referencing errors. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:50, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
Praise
editI just want to note here how gratifying it was to me, as one who has long admired the Johnson enterprises, to see this article about the architect of his first most important building in Chicago. Very well done! – Athaenara ✉ 02:31, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you kindly, Athaenara. There are still so many articles that need to be written. This was the newspaper item that got me started on Moutoussamy, Hidden grandeur in Chicago's South Side – in pictures Edwardx (talk) 13:52, 1 January 2020 (UTC)