Template:Did you know nominations/Daily News Building

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:51, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Daily News Building

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Daily News Building

• ... that the Daily News Building's (pictured) rotunda was inspired by the tomb of Napoleon? Source: NY Daily News 1967
  • ALT1:... that the site of the Daily News Building (pictured) was chosen because it was on the same street as Times Square, where the Daily News's rival The New York Times was also situated? Source: Kilham, W.H. (1973). Raymond Hood, Architect: Form Through Function in the American Skyscraper. Architectural Book Publishing Company. p. 19
  • ALT2:... that during a 1977 blackout, crews filming Superman: The Movie at the Daily News Building lent their Klieg lights to Daily News editors so the next day's issue could be published? Source: NY Times 2007

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Crown House, St Leonards-on-Sea

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:02, 31 May 2020 (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: - Not done yet.
Overall: I find ALT2 to be the most interesting, followed by ALT1. ALT0 doesn't really work when paired with the picture. Waiting on the QPQ. SounderBruce 16:35, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

• @SounderBruce: Thanks for the review. I have done a QPQ. epicgenius (talk) 13:55, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

• Good to go, then. SounderBruce 05:22, 4 June 2020 (UTC)