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The last two parts of the "Design" section have two conflicting time periods during which Unico may / may not have owned the building:
As an aside, I work in this building and all of my building contacts have Unico email addresses. Nathano ( talk) 16:39, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
I'm wondering if anyone has any sources for the nickname "Big Pink" coming from an album? The Band wasn't exactly a household name when this building went up, and the name is rather "purely descriptive". I don't remember when it first started being called that, but I certainly don't recall anyone ever saying it came from an album name. 71.193.198.115 ( talk) 13:45, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
In my experience, this building's name is always prefaced by the definite article, "the", within prose text (complete sentences, not in headlines, column headings, titles, etc.) – e.g., "one of Portland's best known buildings is the U.S. Bancorp Tower" – but another editor, Emerson7, has repeatedly deleted "the" before the name in this article in the prose-text sections, such as the very first sentence. He did so in 2011 and three more times within the past two days. I'm moving this disagreement to the talk page to avoid WP:3RR. In his edit summaries when removing it, he has not given any valid reason to support his view, in my opinion. I can offer numerous examples of reliable sources (newspaper articles being the most convenient for this purpose) writing "the U.S. Bancorp Tower" [emphasis added here] in every mention of the building within a sentence, and I'm willing to list some here if necessary, but I should not have to do that. As far as I can recall, I've personally never encountered an instance of someone referring to this building in a full sentence without including "the" before the name (excepting, of course, less common phrasings such as "my U.S. Bancorp Tower office"). And as a resident of Portland, I often read or hear references to this building several times a month, by professionals such as newspaper reporters or television reporters, but Emerson7 has claimed in his edit summaries that this usage is incorrect. Does he also object to writing "the Empire State Building" and "the Eiffel Tower"? This discussion, in any event, is solely about this Portland building and what is the normal, common usage when referring to it. Can we please hear opinions from some other editors? SJ Morg ( talk) 11:28, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
Is this really the primary topic for "Big Pink"? It might be my UK perspective, but doing a Google search on "Big Pink", five hits refer to the house where Music from Big Pink was recorded; two refer to the electronica duo named after the aforementioned album; none refer to this building.
I'd suggest that Big Pink redirect to Music from Big Pink, with a note pointing back here. TSP ( talk) 01:26, 5 October 2017 (UTC)