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American Surety Building has been listed as one of the Art and architecture good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: October 28, 2020. (Reviewed version).

A fact from American Surety Building appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 August 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the American Surety Building, built at a time when skyscrapers were generally criticized, has been called an "outstandingly fine early skyscraper"?

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 17:50, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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American Surety Building

... that the American Surety Building's (pictured) developer rented a building from John Jacob Astor IV after he threatened to build a skyscraper that would block its views?Source: NYCL p. 4
- ALT1:... that the American Surety Building (pictured) was the first New York City skyscraper to use a full steel skeleton? Source: NY Times 1995
- ALT2:... that the American Surety Building (pictured), built at a time when skyscrapers were generally criticized, has been called "an outstandingly fine early skyscraper"? Source: NY Times 1996, NY Times 1975

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Andrew Niikondo

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 21:04, 2 August 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Length is more than adequate, and references are superb. Pictures are correctly used. Article has been created within date and is neutrally written. I've revised the wording of the hook to make it snappier. Another incredible NYC article by Epicgenius, thank you. No Swan So Fine (talk) 13:44, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]