Talk:Carnegie Hall Tower

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Epicgenius in topic "Most slender buildings"

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk16:34, 27 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

 
Carnegie Hall Tower

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:24, 23 August 2021 (UTC).Reply

  Interesting building with a history, of which ALT2 says more than piano carrying. GA-to-be on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and a good illustration. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:31, 24 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
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"Most slender buildings"

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The (well-sourced) statement that, at 50 feet wide, CHT was "among the world's most slender buildings at its completion" is blatantly false, as a moment's thought regarding small buildings should make quite obvious (have you ever seen a cottage? a shed?). It's like claiming that someone who's 7 foot 3 is "among the world's tallest organisms".

We could remove it entirely. We could say "Architectural historian Michael J. Crosbie has called it one of the world's most slender buildings". We could say it's one of the world's most slender skyscrapers.

Thoughts? DS (talk) 14:51, 2 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for bringing this up. It's less contentious that the building was among the slenderest skyscrapers, which is reflected by several of the article's sources. I have changed the wording accordingly. – Epicgenius (talk) 00:25, 5 September 2021 (UTC)Reply