Template:Did you know nominations/CBS Building

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The result was: promoted by The C of E (talk) 06:39, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

CBS Building

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CBS Building

• ... that Eero Saarinen's only skyscraper was Black Rock (pictured)? Source: "CBS Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. October 21, 1997.
  • ALT1:... that Black Rock is mostly concrete? Source: "CBS Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. October 21, 1997.
  • ALT2:... that Eero Saarinen's only skyscraper, Black Rock, was mostly concrete? Source: "CBS Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. October 21, 1997.
  • ALT3:... that the only large pieces of structural steel in the CBS Building (pictured) carry it over a subway tunnel? Source: Ennis, Thomas W. (October 6, 1963). "14 Major Postwar Buildings Rise From 46th to 57th Street". The New York Times.
  • ALT4:... that to preserve the decorative scheme of the CBS Building, employees were not allowed to display family photographs? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1995). New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial. New York: Monacelli Press. p. 409

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• Comment: More hooks later

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 01:03, 15 July 2021 (UTC).

• ... 5x expanded, long enough, plenty of references, copyvio issue due to quotes and names. Image free and clear. All hooks in article and followed by references with hook facts. I like ALT1 most. Await a QPQ. Whispyhistory (talk) 06:23, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

• @Whispyhistory: Thanks for the review. I've done a QPQ now. Epicgenius (talk) 18:55, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

• @Epicgenius:... . Thank you. You deserve much admiration for your effort on buildings. Whispyhistory (talk) 19:29, 19 July 2021 (UTC)