Template:Did you know nominations/69th Regiment Armory

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 16:00, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

69th Regiment Armory

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69th Regiment Armory

... that in 2012, the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show saved the 69th Regiment Armory? Source: Shachtman, Noah (November 2, 2012). "How Victoria's Secret Saved the National Guard During Hurricane Sandy". WIRED.
- ALT1: ... that when the 69th Regiment Armory's mechanical systems were damaged in a hurricane in 2012, it was saved by the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show? Source: Shachtman, Noah (November 2, 2012). "How Victoria's Secret Saved the National Guard During Hurricane Sandy". WIRED.
- ALT2: ... that unlike other armories in New York City, the 69th Regiment Armory was designed in the Beaux-Arts style because its architect did not want it to look like a "mediaeval castle"? Source: New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 87. "Plans for New Armory; Sixty-ninth Regiment to Have a Model Home. Structure to Get Away from Mediaeval Style in Favor of Modern Social Rendezvous". The New York Times. August 13, 1903.
- ALT3: ... that the 69th Regiment Armory became New York City's first Beaux-Arts style armory because its architect did not want it to look like a "mediaeval castle"? Source: LPC, Dolkart, and Postal 2009; NYT 1903
- ALT4: ... that the 69th Regiment Armory, which once hosted an art show that "marked the dawn of Modernism in America", later hosted basketball games? Source: "'Armory Show' That Shocked America In 1913, Celebrates 100". NPR. February 17, 2013; Biggs, Caroline (May 7, 2021). "Old Buildings, New Views". The New York Times
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/23rd Street viaduct
- Comment: More hooks later

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:59, 27 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/69th Regiment Armory; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: approve ALT2. We may want to connect the medieval castle and Beaux-Arts since they are both in the article and cited separately. The hook interests me, and the article is neutral. QPQ is done. Lightburst (talk) 20:49, 30 November 2023 (UTC)