Talk:26 Broadway

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Review: April 6, 2020. (Reviewed version).

A fact from 26 Broadway appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 March 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that 26 Broadway, the former New York City headquarters of Standard Oil, has a pyramidal tower that once contained a kerosene-burning cauldron?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:44, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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26 Broadway

~~... that 26 Broadway (pictured), the former New York City headquarters of Standard Oil, was formerly the address of U.S. treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton?~~ Source: archives.gov, NYCL
- ALT1:~~... that 26 Broadway (pictured), the former headquarters of Standard Oil, was described as having been "once to oil what 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is to politics"?~~ Source: NY Times 1991
- ALT2:~~... that the 1920s expansion of 26 Broadway (pictured) included what was "probably the largest real estate transaction ever closed" within New York City at the time?~~ Source: NY Times 1920
- ALT3:... that 26 Broadway (pictured), the former New York City headquarters of Standard Oil, contains a pyramid once topped by a kerosene-burning cauldron? Source: NY Times 2004

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Elizabeth Willing Powel
Comment: I get the feeling that these hooks can be improved somehow

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 17:35, 4 February 2020 (UTC).[reply]

This impressive five-fold expansion is new enough and long enough. The hook facts for ALT3 are cited inline, the image is appropriately licensed, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. I have not checked the other hooks because they seemed less interesting to a general audience. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:57, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Vami IV (talk · contribs) 09:37, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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In reviews I conduct, I may make small copyedits. These will only be limited to spelling and punctuation (removal of double spaces and such). I will only make substantive edits that change the flow and structure of the prose if I previously suggested and it is necessary. For replying to Reviewer comment, please use Done, Fixed, Added, Not done, Doing..., or Removed, followed by any comment you'd like to make. I will be crossing out my comments as they are redressed, and only mine. A detailed, section-by-section review will follow. —♠Vami _IV†♠ 09:37, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Vami IV: Thanks for the review. I have addressed all your comments above. epicgenius (talk) 15:20, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Prose

~~that is inspired was inspired.~~
- Done
~~as well as above the 18th and 22nd Shorten "as well as" to "and".~~
- Done
~~it consists of a recessed double-height arch, with elaborately carved spandrels at the top of the arch. Consider "at its top".~~
- Done
~~these doorways are located within doorways topped by pediments and clocks. Replace the first "doorways" with something else.~~
- Done That was an error. epicgenius (talk) 15:20, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~"Features": Atlas Obscura, which uses user-generated material, is not a reliable source.~~
- I thought so. This is a direct quote, but Removed anyway. epicgenius (talk) 15:20, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~Move the image in "Initial structure" to the right.~~
- Done
~~"Twenty-six Broadway was once to oil what 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue [the White House] is to politics." Just use the White Houses's address to link the White House here.~~
- Done
~~every cent any of [Standard Oil's subsidiaries] made found its way to 26 Broadway" reads weird~~
- Fixed myself after finishing the review, after after I had a staircase wit moment and remembered this, by removing "any" –♠Vami _IV†♠ 11:31, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~After World War I, Walter C. Teagle Who?~~
- Done
~~(died 1928) Delete.~~
- Done I thought it was relevant to the narrative, but apparently not. epicgenius (talk)
  - Would be if his death effected the lease. –♠Vami _IV†♠ 16:07, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Vami IV, it did not. epicgenius (talk) 16:41, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~The content of "Tenats#Former" should be carefully inserted into "History".~~
- Done
~~A third, the Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, is a high school serving grades 9-12. When did this open?~~
- Done 2005.
Starting in 2008, the PS 234 elementary school was supposed to have used [...] subsequently deemed "not appropriate for kindergartners" This would make this school not a current tenant. Shorten and send this sentence and its citation into "History"
- Done
~~[67]:540 This is the only instance of this form of citation in the article. The [67] part also already has the page number(s).~~
- Removed

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