Template:Did you know nominations/New York Tribune Building

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:27, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

New York Tribune Building

  • ... that the New York Tribune Building, once New York City's second tallest building, "vanished almost without a trace, and barely a whimper"? Source: NY Times 2012
    • ALT1:... that when the New York Tribune Building was completed, another newspaper stated, "There isn't an editor-in-chief in the city as well housed as the humblest reporter on The Tribune"? Source: "The Tribune Has Had Five Buildings, Including One of City's Earliest Skyscrapers". New York Herald Tribune. April 13, 1941. p. I24.
    • ALT2:... that the New York Tribune Building, the first home of Pace University, was later torn down to make way for a Pace campus building? Source: AM New York, NY Times 1966
    • ALT3:... that the New York Tribune Building has been described as one of three influential early skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan? Source: Landau, Sarah; Condit, Carl W. (1996). Rise of the New York Skyscraper, 1865–1913. Yale University Press. p. 62.

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:37, 24 September 2020 (UTC).

  • General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Recently expanded by 5x, no sourcing issues, really interesting hooks, and no problems preventing this from becoming a DYK. In my opinion I love the first hook and that one should be used although ALT3 is also good. Jon699 talk 18:01, 24 September 2020 (UTC)