- 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 Desertarun (talk) 20:04, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
647 Fifth Avenue
![George W. Vanderbilt Residence at 647 Fifth Avenue](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/5_Av_Jun_2021_03.jpg/114px-5_Av_Jun_2021_03.jpg)
George W. Vanderbilt Residence at 647 Fifth Avenue
- ... that in response to the proposed addition of a glass facade on 647 Fifth Avenue (pictured), Ada Louise Huxtable wrote the architects "have obviously never heard of the Let-It-Alone Club"? Source: Huxtable, Ada Louise (December 5, 1976). "Architecture View". The New York Times.
- ALT1:... that 647 Fifth Avenue (pictured) is the only remaining Vanderbilt family residence on a portion of New York City's Fifth Avenue once known as "Vanderbilt Row"? Source: Reed, Henry Hope, Jr. (August 12, 1962). "The Changing Face of Fifth Avenue: the Great Families Have Retreated From Their Fifth Avenue Strongholds, Leaving Some Midtown Masterpieces". New York Herald Tribune. p. F2.
- ALT2:... that the George W. Vanderbilt Residence (pictured) has been occupied by American Express, Olympic Airlines, and Versace, but never by Vanderbilt himself? Source: various in article
Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 22:26, 19 June 2021 (UTC).
General: Article is new enough and long enough
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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Overall:
There's no doubt that this article is long enough; main hook is sourced, ALT 1 is sourced, ALT 2 is sourced but scattered; Earwig generates a good result; QPQ done. Judging this from a non-American perspective, the main hook is too long and too idiomatic for readers to understand, ALT 1 is very confusing for those who never knew about Vanderbilt. ALT 2 on the other hand is very quirky and I've proposed an ALT blurb for this: ALT2A:... that the George W. Vanderbilt Residence (pictured) has never been occupied by Vanderbilt himself? Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 17:01, 20 June 2021 (UTC)