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Did you know... that James H. McGraw Jr., who selected the blue-green facade panels for 330 West 42nd Street(pictured), was said to be "appalled" at the color of the building?
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ALT3:... that 330 West 42nd Street(pictured), sometimes nicknamed the "green giant", has a facade designed to blend with the sky regardless of atmospheric conditions? Source: (1) Collins, Thomas; Grunewald, Theodore (February 16, 2021). Request for Evaluation to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; McGraw-Hill Building Lobby (Report). p. 1. (2)
Morgan, James D. (October 1973). "A tale of two towers". Architecture Plus. 1 (9): 46-47.
ALT4:... that 330 West 42nd Street was developed on the site of an unbuilt world's tallest building because Midtown Manhattan was not zoned for commercial and industrial uses? Source: (1) Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Patrick; Mellins, Thomas (1987). New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars. New York: Rizzoli. p. 603 (2) Kilham, W. H (1973). Raymond Hood, architect: form through function in the American skyscraper. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co. p. 172.
The article has been expanded enough and is long enough. All of the hooks are directly cited. The image is fine. A QPQ has been completed. I assume good faith on the references that I can't access. The promoter can choose the hook.
SL93 (
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21:32, 12 April 2021 (UTC)reply
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Epicgenius and
SL93: I was going to promote this as a non-image hook then thought the infobox image from the article would be nice for an image slot. It might be a bit longer since there's already a NYC skyscraper image hook, but would you mind if the image in the nom was switched out?
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18:26, 19 April 2021 (UTC)reply