Talk:130 West 57th Street

A fact from 130 West 57th Street appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 December 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the nearly identical 130 and 140 West 57th Street are among the few remaining artists' studio buildings in New York City constructed with distinct living and working spaces for occupants?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:17, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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130 (left) and 140 West 57th Street (right)

... that the nearly identical 130 and 140 West 57th Street (pictured) contained artists' studio apartments described as providing "a splendid backdrop for tapestry or painting"? Source: NY Times 1999
- ALT1:... that 130 and 140 West 57th Street (pictured) are among the few remaining artists' studio buildings in New York City constructed with distinct living and working spaces for artists? Source: NYC Landmarks (130) and NYC Landmarks (140), p. 8 (both documents)
- ALT2:... that 130 and 140 West 57th Street (pictured), two office buildings originally developed as artists' studio apartments, were part of an art hub near New York City's Carnegie Hall? Source: NY Times 1999, NY Times 2000

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/24 Japan, Template:Did you know nominations/Chicago Indian Village
Comment: I might also think of more hooks later. I can also come up with separate hooks for each page, but they won't use the image.

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 20:19, 19 November 2020 (UTC).[reply]

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: Prefer ALT1 for uniqueness. AGF on the paywalled NYT articles. Nova Crystallis (Talk) 21:36, 20 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]