Template:Did you know nominations/Lipstick Building

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Evrik (talk) 20:26, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Lipstick Building

Lipstick Building
Lipstick Building
  • ... that a New York City office building was nicknamed for its resemblance to a lipstick tube? Source: Mason, Todd (January 15, 1992). "Firm Foundations: A Big Texas Developer Does the Unexpected: Keeps on Developing Gerald D. Hines Rarely Builds On Speculation, Slashes Costs, Avoids Heavy Debt Trying Hard to Please Clients". Wall Street Journal. p. 1
    • ALT1: ... that for his first project in New York City, Gerald D. Hines developed a building that resembled a lipstick tube? Source: Mason, Todd (January 15, 1992). "Firm Foundations: A Big Texas Developer Does the Unexpected: Keeps on Developing Gerald D. Hines Rarely Builds On Speculation, Slashes Costs, Avoids Heavy Debt Trying Hard to Please Clients". Wall Street Journal. p. 1
    • ALT2: ... that developer Gerald D. Hines's first project in New York City was a building that resembled a lipstick tube? Source: Mason, Todd (January 15, 1992). "Firm Foundations: A Big Texas Developer Does the Unexpected: Keeps on Developing Gerald D. Hines Rarely Builds On Speculation, Slashes Costs, Avoids Heavy Debt Trying Hard to Please Clients". Wall Street Journal. p. 1
    • ALT3: ... that despite appearing elliptical, the Lipstick Building has between 156 and 180 sides? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Fishman, David; Tilove, Jacob (2006). New York 2000: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Bicentennial and the Millennium. New York: Monacelli Press. p. 530.
    • ALT4: ... that the developer of the Lipstick Building built a subway entrance to get more space? Source: Polsky, Carol (March 9, 1987). "Builders' Bonus Draws New Fire; Critics Say Developer `Abused' City Policy". Newsday. p. 9.
    • Reviewed: Angéline de Montbrun

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 20:22, 15 July 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius, following my review of this article and the proposed hooks, I assess that they meet the criteria for DYK. This article is 19803 characters (3251 words) and is "readable prose size", and it has been more than 5x expanded since edits for expansion began on 14 July. While all hooks meet DYK criteria, I prefer the original (first) hook. The hook image is CC BY 2.0. There are no instances of close paraphrasing or copyvios. West Virginian (talk) 00:54, 17 July 2022 (UTC)