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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
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... that the Excelsior Power Company Building is the oldest known surviving power plant in Manhattan and the only known New York City design by William Covington Gunnell? Source:
NYCLPC pp. 6, 8
ALT1:... that the Excelsior Power Company Building, the oldest known surviving power plant in Manhattan, became a New York City landmark in 2016 after a backlog of several decades? Source:
DNA Info, NYCLPC p. 1
ALT2:... that the Excelsior Power Company Building, the oldest known surviving power plant in Manhattan, is now an apartment building? Source: NYCLPC p. 6, White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot & Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 43.
ALT3:... that the Excelsior Power Company Building, the oldest known surviving power plant in Manhattan, now contains apartments?
Long enough, new enough, nice article, seems fully policy compliant. Hook source says "oldest-known purpose-built commercial generating station standing in Manhattan"; I think that's close enough. I don't know William C. Gunnell, so I find ALT1 more appealing. ALT2 doesn't work too well for me as it wasn't the power plant basement that was turned into apartments, just the general industrial/business upper floors. QPQ still missing, otherwise should be fine with ALT1. Happy to review other hook suggestions. —Kusma (
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A fact from Excelsior Power Company Building appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 October 2020 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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 the Excelsior Power Company Building is the oldest known surviving power plant in Manhattan and the only known New York City design by William Covington Gunnell? Source:
NYCLPC pp. 6, 8
ALT1:... that the Excelsior Power Company Building, the oldest known surviving power plant in Manhattan, became a New York City landmark in 2016 after a backlog of several decades? Source:
DNA Info, NYCLPC p. 1
ALT2:... that the Excelsior Power Company Building, the oldest known surviving power plant in Manhattan, is now an apartment building? Source: NYCLPC p. 6, White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot & Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 43.
ALT3:... that the Excelsior Power Company Building, the oldest known surviving power plant in Manhattan, now contains apartments?
Long enough, new enough, nice article, seems fully policy compliant. Hook source says "oldest-known purpose-built commercial generating station standing in Manhattan"; I think that's close enough. I don't know William C. Gunnell, so I find ALT1 more appealing. ALT2 doesn't work too well for me as it wasn't the power plant basement that was turned into apartments, just the general industrial/business upper floors. QPQ still missing, otherwise should be fine with ALT1. Happy to review other hook suggestions. —Kusma (
t·
c)
09:09, 11 September 2020 (UTC)reply