Template:Did you know nominations/14 Wall Street

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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 Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:16, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

14 Wall Street

  • ... that Bankers Trust used imagery of its headquarters building in its advertising to depict the company as a "tower of strength"? Source: NYCL p. 4
    • ALT1:... that one of the buildings that 14 Wall Street replaced, the 20-story Gillender Building, had been completed only thirteen years before it was demolished? Source: NY Times 1910
    • ALT2:... that at the time of its completion, 14 Wall Street was the world's tallest bank building and one of New York City's tallest skyscrapers? Source: NYCL p. 3
    • ALT3:... that 14 Wall Street was among the first skyscrapers to use a pyramidal roof? Source: Lehman, Arnold L. (1974). The New York Skyscraper: A History of Its Development, 1870-1939. Yale University. p. 115.
  • Reviewed: Lund Cathedral
  • Comment: I was going to include an image, but it's too tall.

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:33, 26 April 2020 (UTC).

  • Meets expansion, length, policy requirements. Did a spot check of refs and everything matches up. Hook is good - I prefer ALT 3 as the most interesting. Nice work. Symbol confirmed.svg Neutralitytalk 22:19, 29 April 2020 (UTC)