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Did you know... that unlike other armories in New York City, the 69th Regiment Armory was designed in the Beaux-Arts style because its architect did not want it to look like a "mediaeval castle"?

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This article about the Victoria's Secret show loaning generators and other equipment to the armory after Sandy might provide material for a paragraph in the article: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/victorias-secret-sandy/
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Thoughts? Beyond My Ken (talk) 23:23, 7 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The second image is superior according to virtually all conventions of photography. The image by Beyond My Ken is overexposed, leaving the sky and adjacent building a bright, washed-out white. The image is grainy and the colors are oversaturated. The image appears haphazardly composed, with the horizon askew and the top corner of the building cut off. This image wouldn't elicit a passing grade in an introductory photography course and shouldn't even be considered when such a high quality alternative exists. Filetime (talk) 20:10, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

#1 - The problem with the second image is that it has been digitally altered to "correct" the perspective. The "correction" badly distorts the vertical line of building at the corner, creating the impression of a sharp angle and a vertical point at the top, neither of which is true, as the first, more reliable, image, shows. The result is an image of the building as if it was seen from an impossible position. It should be remembered that the function of an infobox image is to present the building in such a way that the reader will recognize it, not to be the technically "best" possible image: quality of presentation is much more important than absolute technical quality, especially considering the small presentation size available in the infobox. The best, of course, would be an image which provides both, but that's not possible with images available on Commons. Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:19, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 16:00, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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69th Regiment Armory

... that in 2012, the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show saved the 69th Regiment Armory? Source: Shachtman, Noah (November 2, 2012). "How Victoria's Secret Saved the National Guard During Hurricane Sandy". WIRED.
- ALT1: ... that when the 69th Regiment Armory's mechanical systems were damaged in a hurricane in 2012, it was saved by the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show? Source: Shachtman, Noah (November 2, 2012). "How Victoria's Secret Saved the National Guard During Hurricane Sandy". WIRED.
- ALT2: ... that unlike other armories in New York City, the 69th Regiment Armory was designed in the Beaux-Arts style because its architect did not want it to look like a "mediaeval castle"? Source: New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 87. "Plans for New Armory; Sixty-ninth Regiment to Have a Model Home. Structure to Get Away from Mediaeval Style in Favor of Modern Social Rendezvous". The New York Times. August 13, 1903.
- ALT3: ... that the 69th Regiment Armory became New York City's first Beaux-Arts style armory because its architect did not want it to look like a "mediaeval castle"? Source: LPC, Dolkart, and Postal 2009; NYT 1903
- ALT4: ... that the 69th Regiment Armory, which once hosted an art show that "marked the dawn of Modernism in America", later hosted basketball games? Source: "'Armory Show' That Shocked America In 1913, Celebrates 100". NPR. February 17, 2013; Biggs, Caroline (May 7, 2021). "Old Buildings, New Views". The New York Times
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/23rd Street viaduct
- Comment: More hooks later

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 15:59, 27 November 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/69th Regiment Armory; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: approve ALT2. We may want to connect the medieval castle and Beaux-Arts since they are both in the article and cited separately. The hook interests me, and the article is neutral. QPQ is done. Lightburst (talk) 20:49, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]