Template:Did you know nominations/Villard Houses
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The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 18:29, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
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Villard Houses
Villard Houses
- ... that railroad magnate Henry Villard only lived in his Villard Houses (pictured) for a few months before he went bankrupt and had to leave? Source: "A City Mansion of 50 Years Ago: The Setting Sentiment and History Individual Contributions Fortune Writes in Some Asterisks". The Christian Science Monitor. August 18, 1934. p. 10.
- ALT1:... that an entrance to one of the Villard Houses (pictured) was turned into an exit because it was too close to a chapel of St. Patrick's Cathedral? Source: Oser, Alan S. (June 8, 1977). "About Real Estate". The New York Times.
- ALT2:... that the Villard Houses (pictured), despite being relatively nondescript, has been described as "one of New York City's architectural treasures"? Source: Weisman, Steven R. (March 12, 1971). "Villard Houses, City Landmark, Are Purchased by Archdiocese". The New York Times.
ALT3:... that before integrating the Villard Houses into the Helmsley Palace Hotel, developer Harry Helmsley twice wanted to destroy the houses' ornate interiors? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1995). New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial. New York: Monacelli Press. p. 1129. See also Template:Did you know nominations/Lotte New York Palace Hotel- ALT3A:... that before integrating the Villard Houses (pictured) into the Helmsley Palace Hotel, developer Harry Helmsley twice wanted to destroy the houses' ornate interiors? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1995). New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial. New York: Monacelli Press. p. 1129.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Rolph (politician)
- Comment: More hooks pending.
ALT3 is combined with Template:Did you know nominations/Lotte New York Palace Hotel
5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 17:48, 7 July 2021 (UTC).
