Salvation Army Headquarters (Manhattan) is currently an Art and architecture good article nominee. Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 00:30, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
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Short description: Building in Manhattan, New York
A fact from Salvation Army Headquarters (Manhattan) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the current Salvation Army Headquarters replaced an earlier building that resembled a "medieval citadel"?
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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 16:26, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
... that the Salvation Army destroyed an old Metropolitan Museum of Art building to make way for its U.S. headquarters? Source: "Old Landmark to Go: Douglas Mansion Held Museum, Then Saloon and Salvation Army". The New York Times. June 24, 1926. p. 34.
ALT1: ... that the current Salvation Army Headquarters replaced an earlier building that resembled "a medieval citadel"? Source: Dunlap, David W. (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 253.
ALT2: ... that "curtain-like folds" surround the entrance to the Salvation Army Headquarters's auditorium? Source: Dunlap, David W. (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 253.