Talk:Prudential Headquarters

Prudential Insurance Company North Building
Prudential Insurance Company North Building
General information
Type	Office
Completed	1892
Demolished	1956
Height
Roof	224 ft (68 m)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	George B. Post
Main contractor	Hedden Construction Company
References

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North Building

The wikicode for the infobox on the right is "hidden" in this section. I added this text because the section appears to be empty after adding a new section following it. 172.88.134.103 (talk) 13:34, 28 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Emporis: Prudential Insurance Company North Building
^ New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C05E3D71230EE32A25756C1A96F9C946597D6CF. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
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Other Prudential Headquarters

Ran across the two following buildings that apparently were both (at different times) the HQ for Prudential's Western US region:

Should we have a section for other significant Prudential HQ buildings? 172.88.134.103 (talk) 13:30, 28 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

Presence in Newark

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/08/17/111279545.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

Street addresses

All of these building need their street addresses included. That way people can more easily tell which building is being discussed, since it's not obvious from the near-identical names. oknazevad (talk) 07:13, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Added. Along with individual coordinates. And infoboxes placed with their respective sections. The previous layout was terrible. oknazevad (talk) 18:21, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Company name & presence

Prudential Financial is based in Newark, New Jersey. It began as The Widows and Orphans Friendly Society in 1875, and for a short time it was called the Prudential Friendly Society. For many years after 1877 it was known as the Prudential Insurance Company of America,^[1] a name still widely in use.

Relevant to construction of buildings. Djflem (talk) 06:59, 19 March 2023 (UTC) Djflem (talk) 06:59, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How is it relevant? Don't just throw up a link on the company history, actually explain your reasoning. Because just saying "it's relevant" doesn't magically make it so. Being based in Newark is established and relevant to their HQ being there. The company naming history from before the construction of the buildings has zero bearing on the history of the buildings. You've shown no justification for inclusion at all.

More importantly, when someone removes an addition, you don't edit war to put it back in. oknazevad (talk) 16:24, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Prudential Financial didn't build most of the buiidings. Prudential Insurance did. A company's history and the name of the company when it built them is certainly relevant to the story of the headquarters. Why wouldn't be?Djflem (talk) 21:56, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's the same company, and has been known as "Prudential" for short the entire time these buildings have existed. Corporate name changes are trivial matters related to the construction of a building when they have no effect on the buildings' common names. It doesn't improve the understanding of the building's history to know that Prudential slightly modified their name at some point to reflect that they are a broader financial company and not just insurance. Because it has no actual material affect on said history. Prudential is Prudential. And the buildings with "Prudential" in their names have not changed names because the company tweaked their suffix. oknazevad (talk) 00:15, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "History of The Prudential Insurance Company of America – FundingUniverse". fundinguniverse.com.

[1] Emporis: Prudential Insurance Company North Building

[2] New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C05E3D71230EE32A25756C1A96F9C946597D6CF. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[3] New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D06E0D8103DE633A25752C0A9629C946597D6CF. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[4] "History of The Prudential Insurance Company of America – FundingUniverse". fundinguniverse.com.

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