Talk:Sidney R. Yates Federal Building

pic question

Does this pic apply? --doncram 14:08, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Nope -- been there, and it's a completely different building.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:58, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Drat, got confused -- I thought it looked like the Mint building at 9th and H NW. Still don't think it's the right one, though. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 18:04, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

If you look at the intersection (14th St SW and Independence Ave) in Google Streetview, it has to be the brown-colored stone building covered in scaffolding. I've never noticed it myself -- possibly because the Agriculture building across the street is more imposing. --Orlady (talk) 18:42, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Yup. The picture above is diagonally across the intersection, down at the other end of the building. [1]--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:17, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

This is it!

It's now named the Sidney Yates Building. Image on the right! --Orlady (talk) 18:49, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

The main building is named The Sidney R. Yates Federal Building, but the listing is for the entire complex. Should it really be renamed? --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:09, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

It's hardly an RS, but this page on Wikimapia indicates that the Yates name applies to the whole shootin' match: http://wikimapia.org/1785184/Sidney-R-Yates-Federal-Building --Orlady (talk) 19:37, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Um, yeah. As someone who's edited Wikimapia, I'm _way_ hesitant about even _mentioning_ it, never mind using it as a source. :-) --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:48, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

demolition information

An editor added assertion that the building complex has been demolished. The source referenced states ( i think this is the whole passage and only passage relevant):

Auditor's Building Complex
14th Street and Independence Avenue, SW
Built 1878-80 (James G. Hill, architect); addition 1891, demolished 1988; addition 1900-01; DC designation
2/26/74, NR listing 4/27/78; US ownership

Does that mean all 5 buildings were demolished in 1988, or that the 1891 addition was demolished, I don't know. I tried clarifying for the moment that what is known from this is that some portion of the complex was demolished in 1988. Editor is i think insulting me by calling my edit "original research". Editor obviously must agree that some portion of the complex was demolished in 1988, so how he/she extrapolates to idea that i am adding made up stuff, i don't get. --doncram 18:02, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Yes, Doncram, I made a mistake. I misinterpreted the source. All fixed now -- and we even have info on what was torn down and why. Sorry to have falsely accused you. However, things could be so much nicer if you could work out a more complete story on these topics before you put new articles in mainspace. --Orlady (talk) 19:40, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for acknowledging a mistake and for acknowledging your having falsely accused me in your edit summary. Your followup remark here is not the takeaway i see from this, however. --doncram 20:30, 28 July 2011 (UTC)