Template:Did you know nominations/Bowling Green Offices Building

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:40, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Bowling Green Offices Building

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Bowling Green Offices Building in 1919

• ... that the Bowling Green Offices was built with funding from Queen Victoria, and its profits went toward funding the Yaddo art community? Source: Watson & Gillon p. 155, Ware p. 231
  • ALT1:... that in 1903 the Bowling Green Offices, valued at $1 million, was offered as a bail bond for $500 bail amount? Source: Tribune 1903
  • ALT2:... that the Bowling Green Offices, built with money from Queen Victoria, was used to fund an art community in upstate New York? Source: same as ALT0

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Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 20:58, 7 February 2020 (UTC).

Interesting historic building, on fine sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I think the 1918 image is impressive, - how about including? I confess (again) that I'm not happy with the hooks. First question is that Offices and then a singular verb seems strange, - I understand that you want to avoid Building but then you get a different problem. Queen Victoria is far away, - you know that this is NYC, but how about a random Main page reader? Do you think many people know Yaddo? ALT1 is a lot of numbers, and ALT2 quite similar to the first. Ideas? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:10, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Thanks for the comment. How about any of these?

• ALT3:... that rent from the Bowling Green Offices Building (pictured) was used to fund an art community in upstate New York?
• ALT4:... that the Bowling Green Offices Building (pictured) was once offered as a means to cover a $500 bail amount?
• ALT5:... that tenants of the Bowling Green Offices Building (pictured) included the owner of the RMS Titanic and the Erie Railroad?

I could propose even more hooks if you want, though this is one of the more nondescript official NYC landmarks I've written about in a while. epicgenius (talk) 21:20, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for all! I like ALT5 best, thinking that Titanic may raise readers's curiosity, more than some art community. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:08, 22 February 2020 (UTC)