Template:Did you know nominations/229 West 43rd Street

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 23:09, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

229 West 43rd Street

• ... that the entrance to 229 West 43rd Street was not locked for 32 years because it was thought The New York Times "would never close its doors"? Source: "New Doors Opened at The Times, but Key To the Old One Had Long Been Thrown Away". The New York Times. December 25, 1946.
  • ALT1: ... that the entrance to 229 West 43rd Street could not be locked because The New York Times had thrown away the key over three decades prior? Source: "New Doors Opened at The Times, but Key To the Old One Had Long Been Thrown Away". The New York Times. December 25, 1946.
  • ALT1A: ... that the entrance to 229 West 43rd Street was not locked for 32 years? Source: "New Doors Opened at The Times, but Key To the Old One Had Long Been Thrown Away". The New York Times. December 25, 1946.
  • ALT1A: ... that the entrance to 229 West 43rd Street was not locked for 32 years, and The New York Times could not find the key? Source: "New Doors Opened at The Times, but Key To the Old One Had Long Been Thrown Away". The New York Times. December 25, 1946.
  • ALT2: ... that The New York Times built 229 West 43rd Street to replace a headquarters built less than a decade previously? Source: Dunlap, David W. (November 14, 2001). "150th Anniversary: 1851-2001; Six Buildings That Share One Story". The New York Times.
  • ALT3: ... that 229 West 43rd Street was called the "Times Annex" from 1913 to the early 1940s, despite being the headquarters for The New York Times? Source: "Literati: N. Y. Times' Buildings". Variety. Vol. 145, no. 3. December 24, 1941. p. 52.
  • ALT4: ... that a broker once called the former New York Times Building near New York City's Times Square "space that nobody wants", as it was completely empty? Source: Marks, Andrew (November 30, 2009). "Tough times in Times Square". Crain's New York Business. Vol. 25, no. 48. p. 12.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab
  • Comment: More hooks later

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 17:41, 19 February 2022 (UTC).

• . Significantly expanded, reads well, lots of references and all appears cited. Not checked every detail but random checks good. QPQ done and no copyvio issues. Reference for hook requires subscription. Hook about the former NYT building entrance being unlocked for over 30 years sounds good...suggest simplify hook. Throwing the key sounds good but I think that might be an assumption unless you have something to say for sure that it was thrown or lost. Image clear and free. Good job. Whispyhistory (talk) 14:15, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
  • @Whispyhistory: Thanks for the review. I've proposed ALT1A and ALT1B based on your comments. Could you take a look at these and see if they work? I would appreciate it. Epicgenius (talk) 20:26, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
    • Thank you @Epicgenius:... looks very good. Approving ALT1a and ALT1b. Whispyhistory (talk) 21:00, 28 February 2022 (UTC)