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A fact from The Armory (Portland, Oregon) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 June 2008, and was viewed approximately 1,600 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Portland Armory (pictured) in Portland, Oregon was the first building on the National Register of Historic Places to achieve a Platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification?

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Reason for hangon tag

I created this page due to a photo request from WikiProject: Oregon. The content will be fleshed out within 48 hours. Tedder (talk) 01:40, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I second Tedder's "hangon." The photo was requested at WikiProject Oregon, in a discussion involving several people. This is a notable Portland landmark, with media coverage. Speedy deletion here would be counterproductive. -Pete (talk) 01:50, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sources for expansion

Tribune article from '06 talks about green building goal, anticipated LEED cert.
Tribune article from '07, "most energy-efficient historical renovation project in the country"

[1] Lots of info about old historical events from Portland Center Stage website
[2] Google cache of apparently dead "Voices of the Armory" website...lots of good nuggets

DYK

Note, this article is very close to being long enough for a feature on WP:DYK. If we can expand it a little in the next day or so, we should be able to get it mentioned on the front page of Wikipedia. -Pete (talk) 18:23, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's about 2000 characters (with spaces) now, so it's technically long enough, though a bit more expansion wouldn't hurt. I'll remove the stub tag. Maybe the LEED certification for a DYK? --Esprqii (talk) 20:10, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I left a little comment in the text about my vote for DYK. So no "before" photo? Katr67 (talk) 20:16, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! It made in on DYK ! (June 1,2008) --Tesscass (talk) 01:19, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Great job, all! Tedder (talk) 02:53, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]