Template:Did you know nominations/500 Park Avenue

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 16:35, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

500 Park Avenue

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500 Park Avenue

• ... that the former Pepsi-Cola world headquarters (pictured) was described by one critic as the "most restrained and perfect of all commercial buildings"? Source: "Pepsi-Co Building". New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. June 20, 1995. p. 7.
  • ALT1:... that seven years after Miss America cut the ribbon for the Pepsi-Cola world headquarters (pictured) in New York City, the company announced it would move to the suburbs? Source: "Pepsi's Palace". Architectural Forum. 112: (p. 103). March 1960; "Pepsi-Cola Planning to Leave City for Westchester; New Use for Club Fought Pepsi-Cola Plans Move From City". The New York Times. February 11, 1967.
  • ALT2:... that after 500 Park Tower was advertised as having New York City's most expensive apartments, the leader of the tower's sales consultancy firm, Donald Trump, objected? Source: Smith, Randall (March 3, 1983). "Insurer Lays Claim To 'Most Expensive' Condos in New York: Equitable Life Assurance Sets Lowest Price at $430,000: A Competitor Is Angered". Wall Street Journal. p. 31. Trump's name can be removed if it makes the hook too unwieldy.
  • ALT3:... that after serving as PepsiCo headquarters for just seven years, 500 Park Avenue was used by a typewriter manufacturer, a bank, and Disney? Source: Various (most relevantly "Pepsi-Co Building". New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. June 20, 1995.)

• Reviewed: Emery ball

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 21:36, 22 April 2021 (UTC).

• Another excellent Epicgenius contribution. Guess you're aiming to write up every single notable building in NYC? And it's on its way to GA, which is right. Anyway, new enough, obviously long enough, well-written, hook verified--let's go. Drmies (talk) 00:25, 16 May 2021 (UTC)