Template:Did you know nominations/Sam H. Harris Theatre

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 20:10, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Sam H. Harris Theatre

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• ... that when New York City's Candler Theatre was renamed, one journalist said it was because people kept mispronouncing its name? Source: Henderson, Mary C.; Greene, Alexis (2008). "The story of 42nd Street : the theaters, shows, characters, and scandals of the world's most notorious street". p. 165
  • ALT1: ... that when New York City's Candler Theatre was renamed two years after its opening, one journalist said it was because people kept mispronouncing "Candler"? Source: Henderson, Mary C.; Greene, Alexis (2008). "The story of 42nd Street : the theaters, shows, characters, and scandals of the world's most notorious street". p. 165
  • ALT2: ... that the Sam H. Harris Theatre, built in 1914 to accommodate both Broadway shows and films, only screened films for its last six decades? Source: Various in article; principally Henderson & Greene (2008).
  • ALT3: ... that the Sam H. Harris Theatre, built in 1914 to accommodate both Broadway shows and films, only screened films from 1933 until its demolition in the late 1990s? Source: Various in article; principally Henderson & Greene (2008).
  • ALT4: ... that despite plans to restore the Sam H. Harris Theatre in the 1990s, it became an entrance to a wax museum? Source: McBride, Murdoch (October 15, 1998). "Good progress on 42nd Street". Back Stage. Vol. 39, no. 41. p. 3; Collins, Glenn (April 20, 2000). "Coming Soon: The Wax Menagerie; Tussaud's Is Giving Times Square Something New to Gawk At". The New York Times.
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Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:05, 20 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Sam H. Harris Theatre; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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QPQ: - Not done
Overall: @Epicgenius: Good article. Just waiting on a QPQ Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:33, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: Thanks for the review. I have done a QPQ for this nom and for Mansfield Hotel. Epicgenius (talk) 15:18, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:40, 24 April 2023 (UTC)