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Did you know... that the architect of 275 Madison Avenue did not include much exterior decoration because he wanted the building to be "shadow-less"?
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ALT1:... that 275 Madison Avenue(pictured) used color contrasts for decoration because the architect wanted the building to be "shadow-less"? Source: "505-Foot-High Tower Of Black and White For Madison Avenue: Windows Will Be Flush With Facade Which Is Intended to Provide Minimum Light". New York Herald Tribune. July 20, 1930. p. E2.
– The article is new enough (created on August 14, 2021) and long enough (24,622 characters), cites various sources, and is free of plagiarism (Earwig's copyvio detector
detects at-most 16.7% similarity – violation unlikely). The hooks are less than 200 characters, formatted properly, and are definitely interesting. The image is licenced properly, used in the article and looks fine in 100px. Just waiting for a QPQ to proceed. Thanks! –
Kavyansh.Singh (
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11:07, 16 August 2021 (UTC)reply
A fact from 275 Madison Avenue appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 September 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the architect of 275 Madison Avenue did not include much exterior decoration because he wanted the building to be "shadow-less"?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Architecture, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Architecture on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
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the article's talk page or
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ALT1:... that 275 Madison Avenue(pictured) used color contrasts for decoration because the architect wanted the building to be "shadow-less"? Source: "505-Foot-High Tower Of Black and White For Madison Avenue: Windows Will Be Flush With Facade Which Is Intended to Provide Minimum Light". New York Herald Tribune. July 20, 1930. p. E2.
– The article is new enough (created on August 14, 2021) and long enough (24,622 characters), cites various sources, and is free of plagiarism (Earwig's copyvio detector
detects at-most 16.7% similarity – violation unlikely). The hooks are less than 200 characters, formatted properly, and are definitely interesting. The image is licenced properly, used in the article and looks fine in 100px. Just waiting for a QPQ to proceed. Thanks! –
Kavyansh.Singh (
talk)
11:07, 16 August 2021 (UTC)reply