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 Yoninah (talk) 21:41, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
ALT1:... that 20 Exchange Place was the world's tallest stone-clad building until the Empire State Building opened shortly afterward? Source: (1) "N. Y. Building To Be Tallest For Month: City Bank-Farmers Trust Co. to Open New Quarters Tuesday--Structure Rises 750 Feet". Hartford Courant. February 22, 1931. p. A2 (2) "Empire State Tower, Tallest In World, Is Opened By Hoover; The Highest Structure Raised By The Hand Of Man". The New York Times. May 2, 1931
ALT2:... that the City Bank–Farmers Trust Building had a shooting gallery for the guards protecting the bank vault in the basement? Source: "N. Y. Building To Be Tallest For Month: City Bank-Farmers Trust Co. to Open New Quarters Tuesday--Structure Rises 750 Feet". Hartford Courant. February 22, 1931. p. A2
5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 20:38, 12 August 2020 (UTC).
Comment The proposed DYK is misleading, as what is described is fourteen statues on the exterior of the building, on the 19th floor. Perhaps if "giants of finance" is in quotes in the DYK, as it is in the article. David notMD (talk) 14:36, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
I did that on purpose to catch the attention of the reader. In any case, I added quotes for the main hook. epicgenius (talk) 01:28, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
I find ALT 2 the most compelling of the hooks. This review is for that Alt:
Overall: I cant view one of the sources for the hook on ProQuest, but the historic NYT one I can view and it supports the hook. Im not sure if shooting gallery should be linked in the hook, but either way it still works. All in all a nice article and an interesting note about this building's basement. Found5dollar (talk) 23:01, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
I cant view one of the sources for the hook on ProQuest, but the historic NYT one I can view and it supports the hook. Im not sure if shooting gallery should be linked in the hook, but either way it still works. All in all a nice article and an interesting note about this building's basement. Found5dollar (talk) 23:01, 21 August 2020 (UTC)