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A fact from Tiffany and Company Building appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 June 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a statue and a clock were the only items indicating that Tiffany & Co. occupied the Tiffany and Company Building?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 01:37, 6 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Tiffany and Company Building

... that a statue and a clock were the only items indicating that Tiffany & Co. occupied the Tiffany and Company Building? Source: "New Tiffany Home Open; A Crowd in the Jewelry Firms Fifth Avenue Building". The New York Times. September 6, 1905.
- ALT1: ... that the site of the Tiffany and Company Building was acquired for $2 million, then the most anyone had paid for a commercial site in Manhattan? Source: Claiborne, William (February 10, 1977). "Moon Cult Buys Old Tiffany Building". The Washington Post. p. 50.
- ALT2: ... that after a restoration of the Tiffany and Company Building's facade, one critic compared the work to "a pair of khakis dipped in bleach"? Source: Gray, Christopher (June 13, 2013). "Two Architectural Gems in a Changed Setting". The New York Times
- ALT3: ... that when the vault of the Tiffany and Company Building caught fire in 1914, security guards initially refused to let New York City firefighters in? Source: "Blaze in Tiffany Vault; Watchmen of Building at First Refuse to Admit Firemen". The New York Times. May 29, 1914.
- ALT4: ... that an exhibition space in the Tiffany and Company Building, excluded from the original building plans, later became a production studio? Source: "The New Tiffany Building: an Architect's Description of Tiffany & Co.'s New Home on Fifth Ave., at 37th Street, New York". The American Israelite. November 9, 1905. p. 8; Slatin, Peter (April 2, 1995). "Wanted: Studios for TV Productions". The New York Times.
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5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 13:28, 9 May 2022 (UTC).Reply

The article was recently expanded, long enough, referenced, neutral and no copyvio obvious. AGF offline sources. The hooks are sourced and interesting. The images here and in the article are free. QPQ done. Good to go. Corachow (talk) 17:09, 25 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

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