Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, original site

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, original site

Original - The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at the original location, Fifth Avenue and Thirty-Fourth Street, New York City. Charcoal and pastel on brown paper by Joseph Pennell, c. 1904-1908.

Reason

A depiction of the original (destroyed) Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City. Restored version of File:Waldorf-Astoria 1904-1908.jpg.

Articles this image appears in

The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Joseph Pennell

Creator

Joseph Pennell

• Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 20:48, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
• Strong Support Another excellent image. Strong EV in two articles. Makeemlighter (talk) 22:32, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose - IMO the image does not have a lot of EV in either article. A sketchy, perhaps smudged drawing of a building does not effectively illustrate how the building used to look. As for the Joseph Pennell article, I believe the other image on the page (of the Bond ad) is much more valuable since it is mentioned in the article and reflects on of the things Pennell is known for. Also, Pennell (according to the article) spent a lot of his time and did a lot of his work in San Francisco, not New York, which is where the hotel is located. Yes, some of these flaws can be attributed to the stubby article, but I don't think it has "strong EV in two articles" at all. Intothewoods29 (talk) 00:07, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
  • Can you find any other image of the original Waldorf-Astoria? Much less one at this resolution? Durova^Charge! 01:31, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
  • I feel it has EV in The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel since it shows the original hotel. Sure, it doesn't have the kind of detail you'd find in a photograph, but the picture definitely gives a sense of the magnificence of the original building. It has EV in Joseph Pennell since it represents his work as an illustrator. Makeemlighter (talk) 06:28, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
• Support - partly for its EV, partly because I like the medium. Xavexgoem (talk) 01:38, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
• Support - per Xavexgoem, excellent image. Epson291 (talk) 17:30, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
• Support. An excellent composition in an under-represented medium, well-restored, that has sufficient EV and is well-used in both articles.--ragesoss (talk) 04:17, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Waldorf-Astoria 1904-1908b.jpg --Wronkiew (talk) 05:20, 2 January 2009 (UTC)