Template:Did you know nominations/55 Wall Street

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:08, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

55 Wall Street

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55 Wall Street

• ... that when the National City Bank of New York moved to 55 Wall Street (pictured) in 1908, messengers used satchels to move the bank's $500 million holdings from its old location across the street? Source: Hudson, P.J. (2017). Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean. University of Chicago Press. p. 2
  • ALT1:... that the columns for the colonnade of 55 Wall Street (pictured) were pulled by oxen along Wall Street? Source: NYT 1957
  • ALT2:... that in the 1990s, 55 Wall Street (pictured) could not be easily renovated because it was a landmark, so it was used as a filming location instead? Source: NYT 1994
  • ALT3:... that 55 Wall Street (pictured) has contained the New York Stock Exchange, the U.S. Custom House, and Citibank's headquarters at different times? Source: Various in the "History" section

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi
• Comment: more hooks later

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 20:59, 22 May 2020 (UTC).

General eligibility:

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Policy compliance:

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Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Recently expanded by 5x, QPQ is met, interesting hooks, no glaring grammatical or spelling mistakes, and every sentence has a source. I am torn between ALT0 and ALT3 as both are really interesting. Jon698 talk 4:41 23 May 2020 (UTC)