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Carnegie Hall Tower 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: September 5, 2021. (Reviewed version).

A fact from Carnegie Hall Tower appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 September 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that before Carnegie Hall Tower was built, pianos at Carnegie Hall were carried up staircases because the hall did not have a freight elevator?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carnegie Hall Tower.

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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 Theleekycauldron (talk) 16:34, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Carnegie Hall Tower

... that before Carnegie Hall Tower (pictured) was built, pianos at Carnegie Hall were carried up staircases because the hall didn't have a freight elevator? Source: Goldberger, Paul (October 21, 1990). "Architecture View; Skyscrapers Battle It Out Near Carnegie Hall". The New York Times.
- ALT1:... that Carnegie Hall Tower (pictured) was originally viewed in the real estate industry as a "see-through office building"? Source: Marks, Andrew (April 30, 2009). "Broadway tower's 22-year wild ride". Crain's New York Business. The reference refers to the tower by its address.
- ALT2:... that Carnegie Hall Tower (pictured) was built to raise money for the renovation of Carnegie Hall, with a facade complementing that of the venue? Source: Multiple in article
- ALT3:... that the cornerstone of Carnegie Hall Tower (pictured) was laid 98 years to the day after that of Carnegie Hall next door? Source: Shepard, Richard F. (May 12, 1988). "Carnegie Hall Marks a Milestone for a Cornerstone". The New York Times.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Megan Phelps-Roper
Comment: I may have to think of more hooks later.

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:24, 23 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

A bit busy at the moment so I might not be able to give this a full review until tomorrow, but the first hook is probably the best option among the four. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 09:36, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting building with a history, of which ALT2 says more than piano carrying. GA-to-be on fine sources, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and a good illustration. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:31, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To T:DYK/P1

"Most slender buildings"

The (well-sourced) statement that, at 50 feet wide, CHT was "among the world's most slender buildings at its completion" is blatantly false, as a moment's thought regarding small buildings should make quite obvious (have you ever seen a cottage? a shed?). It's like claiming that someone who's 7 foot 3 is "among the world's tallest organisms".

We could remove it entirely. We could say "Architectural historian Michael J. Crosbie has called it one of the world's most slender buildings". We could say it's one of the world's most slender skyscrapers.

Thoughts? DS (talk) 14:51, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for bringing this up. It's less contentious that the building was among the slenderest skyscrapers, which is reflected by several of the article's sources. I have changed the wording accordingly. – Epicgenius (talk) 00:25, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]