Talk:Paramount Plaza
Latest comment: 2 years ago by SL93 in topic Did you know nomination
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A fact from Paramount Plaza appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 May 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination
edit- 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 SL93 (talk) 23:23, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
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- ... that the 48-story Uris Building went into foreclosure just two and a half years after it was completed? Source: Horsley, Carter B. (March 1, 1974). "Foreclosure Begun on Midtown Tower; First Such Move in at Least a Decade". The New York Times. For floor count, see Emporis.
- ALT1: ... that in 1974, the 48-story Uris Building was the first new office building in New York City to go into foreclosure in a decade? Source: See above
- ALT2: ... that in 1990, Paramount Plaza had few music-related tenants despite being close to the headquarters of many music-related companies? Source: Dunlap, David W. (January 14, 1990). "Commercial Property: Tin Pan Alley; Rodgers & Hammerstein Is Moving to Broadway". The New York Times.
- ALT3: ... that two Broadway theaters were built in Paramount Plaza in exchange for additional floor area? 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. pp. 444–445.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Earlonne Woods
- Comment: More hooks later
5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:17, 12 April 2022 (UTC).
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QPQ: Done. |
Overall: All hooks are fine but my least favourite is ALT2 16:09, 16 April 2022 (UTC)