Template:Did you know nominations/590 Madison Avenue

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The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 18:04, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

590 Madison Avenue

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QPQ pending

• ... that the gray-green granite on the IBM Building (pictured) was polished to make it look like a prism? Source: Fischer, Robert E. (March 1981). "Granite Panels Perform as Unitized Assemblies, and Give Form and Color to IBM's Prism Tower" (PDF). Architectural Record. 169: 130–133.
  • ALT1:... that to complement the prism-like gray-green facade of New York City's IBM Building (pictured), the adjacent AT&T Building was designed with a pink facade? Source: Horsley, Carter B. (July 12, 1978). "A $75 Million, 41‐Story Prism for I.B.M.". The New York Times.
  • ALT2:... that the bamboo-filled atrium of IBM Building was described as "New York City's peerless privately owned public space"? Source: Kayden, Jerold S.; Municipal Art Society of New York (2000). Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience. Wiley. p. 173.
  • ALT3:... that the bamboo-filled atrium of the IBM Building was characterized as one of the fifteen best privately-owned public spaces in New York City, of more than 500 total? Source: Dunlap, David W. (October 15, 2000). "A Public Realm on Private Property; New study identifies and rates hundreds of spaces that earned zoning bonuses". The New York Times.
  • ALT4:... that in four years, the value of New York City's IBM Building increased 150 percent? Source: "IBM Building owners face off over property". The Kansas City Star. March 3, 1998. p. 69.

• Reviewed: Leaders of the World

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 20:13, 26 July 2021 (UTC).

• GA improved, all good except QPQ is still pending - ping me when it is done and I'll give this a tick. As for the hooks, ALT4 seems boring, ALT2-3 and are about the element, and ALT1 is about two entities - the other one is not being DYKed, so the first hook seems best. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:37, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

• @Piotrus: Thanks for the review. I've done a QPQ now. Epicgenius (talk) 16:16, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

• --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:24, 2 August 2021 (UTC)