Template:Did you know nominations/Chamber of Commerce Building (Manhattan)
- 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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:13, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
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Chamber of Commerce Building (Manhattan)
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Chamber of Commerce Building
- ... that the Chamber of Commerce Building (pictured), completed in 1902, was the first building constructed specifically for the New York Chamber of Commerce since it was founded in 1768? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Gregory; Massengale, John Montague (1983). New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism, 1890-1915. New York: Rizzoli. pp. 189–190.
- ALT1:... that a carpet for the Chamber of Commerce Building was so large that part of the building's outer wall was temporarily removed so the carpet could be put inside? Source: "Largest Rug in America". The Standard Union. November 16, 1902. p. 19.
- ALT2:... that the Great Hall of New York City's Chamber of Commerce Building, now a bank, had a collection of nearly three hundred portraits dating to 1772? Source: Garbarine, Rachelle (July 31, 1991). "Real Estate; Taiwan Bank In Manhattan Landmark". The New York Times.; Kusserow, Karl; Blackmar, Elizabeth; Staiti, Paul J; Bluestone, Daniel M; Barquist, David L (2013). Picturing power: portraiture and its uses in the New York Chamber of Commerce.
5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:43, 9 February 2021 (UTC).
Despite the fact that you're my competition in the Wikicup (I don't know how you do this stuff so fast, please show me your ways), I'm reviewing this anyways. Article expanded today, long enough, image is free, QPQ completed, prefer ALT1 as it could appeal to the largest audience of the three, but have one change suggestion for it; it says that the wall was removed to put the carpet in, but my tiny, tiny brain assumed it was removed permanently. Maybe put the word "temporarily" right after the "had to be" part? Panini🥪 21:17, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Panini!: Thanks for the review (and yeah, it's coincidental that we're competing, it's a really complex winning formula :D). I've changed ALT1 slightly to clarify that it was temporarily. However, I guess it could also work without "temporarily" for extra interest, though it might be misleading as you said. Epicgenius (talk) 22:13, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
