Template:Did you know nominations/1271 Avenue of the Americas

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:13, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

1271 Avenue of the Americas

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1271 Avenue of the Americas

• ... that while 1271 Avenue of the Americas (pictured) was being built at New York City's Rockefeller Center, Marilyn Monroe re-launched the Center's long-dormant "Sidewalk Superintendents' Club"? Source: "MM's Late for Blast, So a Rockefeller Blows". Newsday. July 3, 1957. p. 4.
  • ALT1:... that as a reference to the street it is on, the plaza and lobby of 1271 Avenue of the Americas contain pavement similar to that on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1995). New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial. New York: Monacelli Press. p. 400
  • ALT2:... that a bank at 1271 Avenue of the Americas performed six months' worth of transactions within its first three weeks? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1995). New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial. New York: Monacelli Press. p. 402
  • ALT3:... that a single chair from the Time & Life Building, specially designed for offices in that building, cost $6,000 in 2015? Source: Carlson, Jen (April 1, 2015). "Some Things You May Not Know About The Time-Life Building, Where Mad Men Is Set". Gothamist.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Alex Schaefer

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 05:28, 18 July 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I think the first hook is the best one: Marilyn Monroe is likely to attract the most attention. I have modified that hook slightly to disambiguate it. The article appears to be a candidate for Featured Article status. Bahnfrend (talk) 02:54, 7 August 2021 (UTC)