Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Grand Central Station (Chicago)

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Original - Chicago's former Grand Central Station (1963)

Reason: This is an important image of a building demolished over 40 years ago. Although the image could be sharper, it is high EV and pretty decent for the 1960s.
Articles in which this image appears: Grand Central Station (Chicago)
Solon Spencer Beman
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey
cropped by User:Yann

Support as nominator --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:01, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This doesn’t look like fabulous photography to me. And Chicago’s Grand Central Station doesn’t have the fame (interest) that NY’s does (I think). The combination of those two means I’m not seeing the “stop, stare & click” reaction here. I mean this is a nice way, but Sir Tiger’s passion for all-things-Chicago reminds me of Rain Man’s passion for Judge Wapner: “It’s a picture of Chicago—definitely.” ;-) Greg L (talk) 04:42, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Chicago GCS isn't really comparable to NY GCT because the latter still exists. Tony is right that this is one of the most frequently discussed demolished landmarks, comparable to the old NY Penn Station. Arguably, the EV of a picture of a demolished building is higher than that of an extant building, which a reader could simply go look at. The angle of this shot is a little odd, but weak support from me on the basis of EV. Chick Bowen 18:47, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 02:34, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]