Template:Did you know nominations/New York Biltmore Hotel

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 12:28, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

New York Biltmore Hotel

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New York Biltmore Hotel

• ... that the New York Biltmore Hotel's kissing room remained after the rest of the hotel had been demolished? Source: Mann, Ted (September 26, 2012). "Station Will Restore 'Kissing Room'". The Wall Street Journal.
  • ALT1: ... that less than a year after the New York Biltmore Hotel opened, its first operator died after falling from the roof? Source: Gustav Baumann Falls to Death; Biltmore President, Losing Balance, Plunges Over Parapet on 22d Floor of Hotel". The New York Times. October 15, 1914
  • ALT2: ... that a New York state judge ruled in 1974 that the New York Biltmore Hotel had to rename its bar? Source: "Men's Bar Loses Round In Battle of Status Quo". The New York Times. July 18, 1974
  • ALT3: ... that a month after the New York Biltmore Hotel closed in 1981, its interiors were demolished so rapidly that almost nothing was salvageable? Source: McManus, Doyle (August 18, 1981). "Fast Remodeling Angers N. Y Preservationists: Clock Gone; Time Runs Out for Biltmore". Los Angeles Times. p. B10
  • ALT4: ... that after the New York Biltmore Hotel's interiors were rapidly demolished, the renovation consultant resigned because it was impossible to recreate the old interiors? Source: Dunlap, David W. (August 26, 1982). "Pact to Save Palm Court Violated, Group Asserts". The New York Times.
  • ALT5: ... that a kissing room is one of the few remaining portions of the New York Biltmore Hotel? Source: The kissing room is one of the alternate names of the Biltmore Room. Mann, Ted (September 26, 2012). "Station Will Restore 'Kissing Room'". The Wall Street Journal; Depalma, Anthony (April 4, 1984). "About Real Estate; Biltmore, Now Office Building, to Get Its Clock Back". The New York Times.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Killing of O'Shae Sibley

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:44, 4 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/New York Biltmore Hotel; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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QPQ: - Not done
Overall: Needs QPQ Lightburst (talk) 02:55, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

• Thanks for the review Lightburst. I've done a QPQ now. Epicgenius (talk) 14:52, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Lightburst (talk) 15:00, 7 August 2023 (UTC)