Template:Did you know nominations/Rockefeller Apartments

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 14:43, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Rockefeller Apartments

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Rockefeller Apartments

... that the Rockefeller Apartments (pictured), with its glass-enclosed cylindrical "bows", allowed 15 percent more air and natural light than other apartments of the time? Source: "Rockefeller Apartments" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. June 19, 1984. p. 1, 9.
- ALT1:... that the Rockefeller Apartments (pictured), designed by two architects of New York City's Rockefeller Center, was meant to entice tenants to the center? Source: "Rockefeller Apartments" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. June 19, 1984. p. 2.
- ALT2:... that the site of New York City's 11-story Rockefeller Apartments (pictured) was excavated in "railroad time" and the steel structure was completed within one month? Source: (1) "Steel to Go Up On Rockefeller Suites in Week: Excavations Completed on 'Railroad Time' for Two West 54th St. Buildings". New York Herald Tribune. March 27, 1936. p. 36 (2) "New Rockefeller Houses Reported a Third Rented" (PDF). The New York Times. April 4, 1936. p. 32. (3) "Rockefeller Apartments Reported 86% Filled". New York Herald Tribune. May 30, 1936. p. 28.
- ALT3:... that architectural critic Lewis Mumford once compared the ornament of New York City's Rockefeller Apartments (pictured) to the singing of "the four-and-twenty blackbirds"? Source: Mumford, Lewis (October 3, 1936). "The Sky Line: Modernity and Commerce". The New Yorker. 13: 47–51.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bodleian Plate

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:59, 28 May 2021 (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: I will vote for ATL0 and ALT2. ~~but what is railroad time? any links for it?~~ Passed Saha ❯❯❯ Stay safe 06:03, 1 June 2021 (UTC)