Template:Did you know nominations/Hotel Chelsea

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst talk 04:47, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Hotel Chelsea

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The Hotel Chelsea

• ... that during the late 20th century, the Hotel Chelsea's residents could give the owner paintings instead of paying rent? Source: Vadukul, Alex (November 25, 2022). "A Scruffy Guitar Shop Survives the Chelsea Hotel's Chic Makeover". The New York Times
  • ALT1: ... that Stanley Bard, who was jealous of the Hotel Chelsea as a child, later managed the hotel? Source: Fleming, Robert (December 11, 1983). "Hotel Chelsea celebrates a centennial of the bizarre and controversial". Chicago Tribune. pp. J8, J9
  • ALT2: ... that Stanley Bard, who was jealous of the Hotel Chelsea as a child because his father spent all his time there, later became the hotel's manager? Source: Fleming, Robert (December 11, 1983). "Hotel Chelsea celebrates a centennial of the bizarre and controversial". Chicago Tribune. pp. J8, J9
  • ALT3: ... that the Hotel Chelsea was once called "New York's most illustrious third-rate hotel"? Source: Cheshes, Jay (May 25, 2022). "If These Walls Could Talk: The Hotel Chelsea Reopens". The Wall Street Journal.
  • ALT4: ... that the Hotel Chelsea was once described as one of New York City's two "Statues of Liberty"? Source: Vowell, Sarah (February 1999). "I'll Take the Room With the Tortured Past". GQ: Gentlemen's Quarterly. Vol. 69, no. 2. pp. 97–100, 102–103.
  • ALT5: ... that a headline in The Wall Street Journal proclaimed that if Stanley Bard likes your wife, you'll get a room at the Chelsea? Source: "If Stanley Bard Likes Your Wife You'll Get A Room at the Chelsea". The Wall Street Journal. December 21, 1972. p. 1
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lacy (song)
  • Comment: I can come up with more hooks later.

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:12, 23 October 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Hotel Chelsea; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• 5× expansion of 13 October 2023‎ version completed from 10,743 characters to 60,411 and nominated three days later. No copyvios detected (AGF books and offline refs which can't go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Main hook is 119 characters long (ALT1 is 92; ALT2 is 145; ALT3 is 86; ALT4 is 93; ALT5 is 125); all six are under the 200 character max. limit and are interesting. Ref 46 (verifying the main hook) is a reliable source from the NYT (AGF all other refs which are offline or behind paywall). QPQ done. Image is free under CC BY-3.0. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 19:28, 23 October 2023 (UTC)