Template:Did you know nominations/Empire Theatre (42nd Street)

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:15, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Empire Theatre (42nd Street)

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The Empire Theatre on 42nd Street

• ... that until this year, the Empire Theatre was the heaviest building ever relocated within New York City? Source: Hughes, C. J.; Moon, Jeenah (May 28, 2022). "How a 7,000-Ton Broadway Theater Was Hoisted 30 Feet". The New York Times.
  • ALT0A: ... that from 1998 to 2022, the Empire Theatre was the heaviest building ever relocated within New York City? Source: Hughes, C. J.; Moon, Jeenah (May 28, 2022). "How a 7,000-Ton Broadway Theater Was Hoisted 30 Feet". The New York Times.
  • ALT1: ... that Abbott and Costello dragged the Empire Theatre 168 feet (51 m) in 1998? Source: "Historic Empire Theater is Relocated". Chicago Tribune. March 2, 1998. p. 30.
  • ALT1A: ... that Abbott and Costello dragged the Empire Theatre in 1998? Source: "Historic Empire Theater is Relocated". Chicago Tribune. March 2, 1998. p. 30.
  • ALT2: ... that the AMC Empire 25 became one of the most popular movie theaters in the world the year after it opened? Source: Hayes, Dade (August 20, 2001). "Gotham plex riding high". Variety. Vol. 384, no. 1. p. 6.
  • ALT3: ... that the former auditorium of the Empire Theatre is now a movie-theater lobby? Source: Sawyer, Tom (March 9, 1998). "Landmarked Empire Theater on a Slow Roll in New York City". Engineering News-Record. Vol. 240, no. 10. p. 17.
  • ALT4: ... that the former auditorium of the Empire Theatre later became a lobby for one of the world's most popular movie theaters? Source: See ALT2 and ALT3
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wong Phui Nam

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 13:12, 3 October 2022 (UTC).

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: @Epicgenius: Good article! I'm going to have to assume good faith on the offline sources. just waiting on a qpq now. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:56, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: Thanks for the review. Sorry for the delay in providing a QPQ - I've now provided one. Epicgenius (talk) 16:29, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

@Epicgenius: Alright then, I approve the nomination. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:32, 9 October 2022 (UTC)