Template:Did you know nominations/The Normandy

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 12:25, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

The Normandy

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The Normandy

• ... that residents of the Normandy tried to block the construction of an adjacent tower by citing a covenant that the Normandy itself violated? Source: Hevesi, Dennis (October 24, 1999). "Adding New Floors Atop Old Buildings". The New York Times.
  • ALT1: ... that residents of the Normandy blocked the construction of an adjacent tower by paying $1.35 million for air rights? Source: Hevesi, Dennis (October 24, 1999). "Adding New Floors Atop Old Buildings". The New York Times.
  • ALT2: ... that when the Normandy became a housing cooperative, it transformed a place where "nobody knew anybody" into "a small town"? Source: Smith, Dian G. (April 2, 1987). "Co-ops Can Be More That Just Buildings". The New York Times.
  • ALT3: ... that the Normandy apartment building may have been named after an ocean liner, but its architect has never confirmed this? Source: Robins, Anthony W. (2017). New York Art Deco: A Guide to Gotham's Jazz Age Architecture. Excelsior Editions. State University of New York Press. p. 158
  • ALT4: ... that the Normandy was the last large apartment house designed by Emery Roth, whose firm later became known for designing office buildings? Source: Normandy Apartments (PDF) (Report). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. November 12, 1985. p. 5
  • ALT5: ... that the architect of the Normandy included fireplaces in two apartments for sentimental reasons, but excluded fireplaces in other apartments because they required chimneys? Source: Ruttenbaum, Steven (1986). Mansions in the Clouds: The Skyscraper Palazzi of Emery Roth. Balsam Press. pp. 176-177
  • Reviewed: Street of Stairs

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 16:28, 20 June 2022 (UTC).

• Long enough, newly expanded, well referenced, no copyvio from online sources. Image is appropriately licensed and QPQ is provided. All hooks approved (AGF for citations for ALT3 and ALT5) – personally I find ALT0, ALT1 and ALT2 most interesting but will leave to the promoter's discretion. 97198 (talk) 11:51, 11 July 2022 (UTC)