Template:Did you know nominations/New York Marriott East Side

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 02:02, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

New York Marriott East Side

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The New York Marriott East Side

• ... that the Shelton Hotel, quoted as the world's tallest hotel upon its completion in 1924, was largely forgotten by the 1960s and was nearly torn down? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Patrick; Mellins, Thomas (1987). New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars. New York: Rizzoli. p. 208; Huxtable, Ada Louise (July 3, 1977). "Architecture View". The New York Times.
  • ALT1: ... that the Shelton Hotel, quoted as the world's tallest hotel upon its completion in 1924, avoided demolition after eight tenants refused to move out? Source: Klemesrud, Judy (July 30, 1976). "8 Holdout Tenants at Closed Shelton Towers Win 5‐Year Fight". The New York Times.
  • ALT2: ... that in the 1970s, the Shelton Hotel avoided demolition after eight tenants refused to move out? Source: Klemesrud, Judy (July 30, 1976). "8 Holdout Tenants at Closed Shelton Towers Win 5‐Year Fight". The New York Times.
  • ALT3: ... that in the 1970s, the Shelton Hotel avoided demolition after seven elderly residents and a secretary refused to move out? Source: Klemesrud, Judy (July 30, 1976). "8 Holdout Tenants at Closed Shelton Towers Win 5‐Year Fight". The New York Times.
  • ALT4: ... that Georgia O'Keeffe created several paintings of New York City's skyline after moving to the Shelton Hotel? Source: Chave, Anna C. (Winter–Spring 1991). "'Who Will Paint New York?': 'The World's New Art Center' and the Skyscraper Paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe" (PDF). American Art. Vol. 5, no. 1–2. p. 97.
  • ALT5: ... that the Shelton Hotel, originally a men's-only residence, started accepting women because its residents "missed the dash of color"? Source: "Hotel Shelton to Admit Women on Equality With Men: Bachelors Find Eveless Retreat Wearisome and Prevail on the Management to Amend its Rules". The New York Herald, New York Tribune. September 29, 1924. p. 10.
  • ALT6: ... that the Shelton Hotel, originally a men's-only residence, started accepting women less than a year after its opening? Source: "Hotel Shelton to Admit Women on Equality With Men: Bachelors Find Eveless Retreat Wearisome and Prevail on the Management to Amend its Rules". The New York Herald, New York Tribune. September 29, 1924. p. 10.
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  • Comment: More hooks pending

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 20:04, 7 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/New York Marriott East Side; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Epicgenius: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:00, 7 February 2023 (UTC)