Template:Did you know nominations/Liberty Tower (Manhattan)

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The result was: promoted by Vincent60030 (talk) 18:39, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Liberty Tower (Manhattan)

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Liberty Tower

• ... that New York City's Liberty Tower (pictured), now a residential building, was once occupied by Franklin D. Roosevelt's law office and by German spies plotting to intervene in World War I? Source: Mansion Global; Tuchman p. 70
  • ALT1:... that New York City's Liberty Tower (pictured) was occupied by Franklin D. Roosevelt's law office, and then by German spies plotting to intervene in World War I? Source: Same as above
  • ALT2:... that when New York City's Liberty Tower (pictured) underwent a $6 million renovation in the 1990s, some residents could not pay their share, so they sold their units? Source: NY Times 1996
  • ALT3:... that residents of New York City's Liberty Tower (pictured) paid for the building's major renovation in the 1990s, and then another renovation in the 2000s due to damage from the September 11 attacks? Source: NY Times 1996, NY Times 2010

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ibn 'Adlan
• Comment: Also, more hooks pending

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 02:33, 8 August 2020 (UTC).

• Comment: The listed hook, containing the phrase "...then by German spies plotting to stop World War I..." remains particularly inaccurate; the office, according to the primary article, remained leased to German spies attempting to prevent American intervention within the war, with the conflict known as World War I occurring during the period of time when Imperial German spies occupied the building. Perhaps the hook should remain altered to address this issue; thank you. SurenGrig07 (talk) 01:07, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

• @SurenGrig07: Thanks, I have fixed that. Seems to be a little oversight by me. epicgenius (talk) 20:20, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

• 5x expansion confirmed, QPQ done, long enough, , , passes earwig, article cited. I'm not thrilled with any of the hooks, but think the original has the most promise. Can we copyedit that hook? Proposing a new image. --evrik ^(talk) 20:14, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

• @Evrik: Thanks for the review. I have modified the original hook, and I think the proposed image is all right. Sadly, I didn't find any of the article's other facts interesting, so I don't have any other hooks unless you had a suggestion. epicgenius (talk) 20:26, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

• swapped image. --evrik ^(talk) 20:36, 21 August 2020 (UTC)