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Did you know... that 1 Wall Street Court, a condo building, was once the headquarters of a shipping line and the world's largest cocoa
futures market?
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NRHP listed as Beaver Building Listed July 6, 2005 NR 05000668
Did you know nomination
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
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... that 1 Wall Street Court(pictured) was the headquarters of a shipping line and the world's largest cocoa market before becoming condominiums? Source:
NYCLPC p. 4,
Curbed
ALT2:... that 1 Wall Street Court(pictured), built as a speculative development on a narrow lot, was the headquarters of a shipping line and the world's largest cocoa market? Source: NYCLPC pp. 2, 4
Comment: More hooks may come later. I removed a large copyright violation just before expanding this page. The expansion is calculated from the first clean version after the copyright violation was removed.
After the copyvio cleanup, it was 850 characters and is now almost 15,000 so well over 5x expansion (which was just completed, so no time issue either). Well cited, no apparent policy issues. No problems with image, available on commons since 2011 and looks good at small size.
I find ALT1 isn't that interesting and ALT2 is wordy. ALT0 is best (the facts are verified in the source), but it really wasn't a "cocoa market", it was a "cocoa futures market" or "cocoa exchange". I propose a slight tweak:
ALT0a ... that the condo building 1 Wall Street Court(pictured) was once the headquarters of a shipping line and the world's largest cocoa
futures market?
The hyphen in the address field can be replaced by an en dash (–)
Fixed
Clinton & Russell's article does not have the & symbol in it
Fixed
Lead
"The building served as the headquarters of the Munson Steamship Line from 1904 until 1921, and the company owned the building from 1919 to 1937." - repetition of "building"
Fixed
Site
The second paragraph does not need to begin with exactly the same phrase as the first paragraph
Fixed
Design
"1 Wall Street Court was designed by Clinton and Russell in the Renaissance Revival style.[9][11][3]" - refs in numerical order please
Done
"1 Wall Street Court is one of a few buildings in Lower Manhattan that are shaped like a flatiron," - any specific number of buildings?
"The windows on each side are arranged into bays, with six bays each on Pearl and Beaver Streets and three on the rounded corner." - close repetition of "bays"
Removed
Wikilink cornice and revolving doors for the uninitiated
" As built, the building also had two 300 horsepower (220 kW) boilers" - 1 Wall Street Court
Done
"One magazine said upon the building's completion that 1 Wall Street Court contained possibly" - which magazine?
Added
Construction
Clinton & Russell article's does not feature the & symbol
Fixed
"One such project was headed by the Century Realty Company," - led
Done
"The Remington Construction Company was hired as the contractor. The building was planned to cost $600,000." - consider merging these two sentences together?
Done
"During construction, some of the workers went on strike," - why did the workers go on strike?
"described at the time as the world's largest cocoa market," - described by whom?
Added
Later use
"British developers London & Leeds acquired the Beaver Building, at which point about 70% of the space was vacant." - the percent symbol is to be avoided per
MOS:PERCENT
Fixed
"London & Leeds renamed it One Wall Street Court and renovated the interior. The lobby, elevators, and electrical and HVAC systems were refurbished." - I think these two sentences can be merged together
Done
"The building was purchased by Cocoa Partners in 1994." - Maybe expand briefly what Cocoa Partners is?
"the commercial space was occupied by a "massive store" called" - think the text in quotation marks can be reworded
Done
Critical reception
"The writer Herbert Croly was one of the proponents of such decoration." - what magazine was Croly writing for at the time?
Added
"1 Wall Street Court was made a New York City designated landmark on February 13, 1996." - who gave out the designation exactly?
Added
References
Reference 35 "The Planning and Construction of High Office-buildings" the publisher "J Wiley & sons" the word "sons" can begin with a capital letter
Done
Although not deemed unreliable or possibly unsafe, I think Reference 55 can be replaced by a higher quality source where possible that states that a sushi restaurant was opened at the building's base in 2005
A fact from 1 Wall Street Court appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 September 2020 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that 1 Wall Street Court, a condo building, was once the headquarters of a shipping line and the world's largest cocoa
futures market?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject National Register of Historic Places, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of U.S.
historic sites listed on the
National Register of Historic Places on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.National Register of Historic PlacesWikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic PlacesTemplate:WikiProject National Register of Historic PlacesNational Register of Historic Places articles
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NRHP listed as Beaver Building Listed July 6, 2005 NR 05000668
Did you know nomination
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.
... that 1 Wall Street Court(pictured) was the headquarters of a shipping line and the world's largest cocoa market before becoming condominiums? Source:
NYCLPC p. 4,
Curbed
ALT2:... that 1 Wall Street Court(pictured), built as a speculative development on a narrow lot, was the headquarters of a shipping line and the world's largest cocoa market? Source: NYCLPC pp. 2, 4
Comment: More hooks may come later. I removed a large copyright violation just before expanding this page. The expansion is calculated from the first clean version after the copyright violation was removed.
After the copyvio cleanup, it was 850 characters and is now almost 15,000 so well over 5x expansion (which was just completed, so no time issue either). Well cited, no apparent policy issues. No problems with image, available on commons since 2011 and looks good at small size.
I find ALT1 isn't that interesting and ALT2 is wordy. ALT0 is best (the facts are verified in the source), but it really wasn't a "cocoa market", it was a "cocoa futures market" or "cocoa exchange". I propose a slight tweak:
ALT0a ... that the condo building 1 Wall Street Court(pictured) was once the headquarters of a shipping line and the world's largest cocoa
futures market?
The hyphen in the address field can be replaced by an en dash (–)
Fixed
Clinton & Russell's article does not have the & symbol in it
Fixed
Lead
"The building served as the headquarters of the Munson Steamship Line from 1904 until 1921, and the company owned the building from 1919 to 1937." - repetition of "building"
Fixed
Site
The second paragraph does not need to begin with exactly the same phrase as the first paragraph
Fixed
Design
"1 Wall Street Court was designed by Clinton and Russell in the Renaissance Revival style.[9][11][3]" - refs in numerical order please
Done
"1 Wall Street Court is one of a few buildings in Lower Manhattan that are shaped like a flatiron," - any specific number of buildings?
"The windows on each side are arranged into bays, with six bays each on Pearl and Beaver Streets and three on the rounded corner." - close repetition of "bays"
Removed
Wikilink cornice and revolving doors for the uninitiated
" As built, the building also had two 300 horsepower (220 kW) boilers" - 1 Wall Street Court
Done
"One magazine said upon the building's completion that 1 Wall Street Court contained possibly" - which magazine?
Added
Construction
Clinton & Russell article's does not feature the & symbol
Fixed
"One such project was headed by the Century Realty Company," - led
Done
"The Remington Construction Company was hired as the contractor. The building was planned to cost $600,000." - consider merging these two sentences together?
Done
"During construction, some of the workers went on strike," - why did the workers go on strike?
"described at the time as the world's largest cocoa market," - described by whom?
Added
Later use
"British developers London & Leeds acquired the Beaver Building, at which point about 70% of the space was vacant." - the percent symbol is to be avoided per
MOS:PERCENT
Fixed
"London & Leeds renamed it One Wall Street Court and renovated the interior. The lobby, elevators, and electrical and HVAC systems were refurbished." - I think these two sentences can be merged together
Done
"The building was purchased by Cocoa Partners in 1994." - Maybe expand briefly what Cocoa Partners is?
"the commercial space was occupied by a "massive store" called" - think the text in quotation marks can be reworded
Done
Critical reception
"The writer Herbert Croly was one of the proponents of such decoration." - what magazine was Croly writing for at the time?
Added
"1 Wall Street Court was made a New York City designated landmark on February 13, 1996." - who gave out the designation exactly?
Added
References
Reference 35 "The Planning and Construction of High Office-buildings" the publisher "J Wiley & sons" the word "sons" can begin with a capital letter
Done
Although not deemed unreliable or possibly unsafe, I think Reference 55 can be replaced by a higher quality source where possible that states that a sushi restaurant was opened at the building's base in 2005