:Template:Did you know nominations/International Mercantile Marine Company Building

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:19, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that the Washington Building was described as "probably the first building to attract the foreigner" who arrived in Manhattan? Source: [https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/pdf_files/ldpd_7031148_003_17.pdf Real Estate Record 1899]
• ALT1:... that the site of 1 Broadway (pictured) was previously occupied by a tavern and a hotel before becoming the International Mercantile Marine Company's headquarters? Source: [http://www.revolutionarywarjournal.com/washingtons-headquarters/ Revolutionary War Journal]
• ALT2:... that the booking room of 1 Broadway, modeled on an 18th-century ballroom, was later converted to a Citibank branch? Source: [https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/number-one-broadway Atlas Obscura], [https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/91000108.pdf National Park Service] p. 3

:* Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Pompton Junction station

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 20:07, 12 February 2020 (UTC).

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|comments = All good. Commendable expansion (6x) with excellent referencing, no problems thrown up by Earwig. Hook source all good (direct quote). Approving original hook as much more hooky than the alts. QPQ in progress albeit issues unresolved.

|sign = MIDI (talk) 11:20, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

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