Talk:1 Wall Street Court/GA1

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 18:59, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Going to review for the

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (

   lists

   ):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (

   reliable sources): c (OR

   ):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (

   focused

   ):

4. It follows the
   neutral point of view
   policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have

   suitable captions

   ):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Infobox

• The hyphen in the address field can be replaced by an en dash (–)
  •  Fixed
• Clinton & Russell's article does not have the & symbol in it
  •  Fixed

Lead

• "The building served as the headquarters of the Munson Steamship Line from 1904 until 1921, and the company owned the building from 1919 to 1937." - repetition of "building"
  •  Fixed

Site

• The second paragraph does not need to begin with exactly the same phrase as the first paragraph
  •  Fixed

Design

• "1 Wall Street Court was designed by Clinton and Russell in the Renaissance Revival style.[9][11][3]" - refs in numerical order please
  •  Done
• "1 Wall Street Court is one of a few buildings in Lower Manhattan that are shaped like a flatiron," - any specific number of buildings?
  • Without going into original research, there's the Flatiron Building itself, and 1 William Street to a lesser extent. However, the sources don't specify a number. epicgenius (talk) 14:01, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Facade

• "The windows on each side are arranged into bays, with six bays each on Pearl and Beaver Streets and three on the rounded corner." - close repetition of "bays"
  •  Removed
• Wikilink cornice and revolving doors for the uninitiated
  •  Done
• Wikilink fire escape and mezzanine
  •  Done

Features

• Wikilink vestibule to Vestibule (architecture)
  •  Done
• " As built, the building also had two 300 horsepower (220 kW) boilers" - 1 Wall Street Court
  •  Done
• "One magazine said upon the building's completion that 1 Wall Street Court contained possibly" - which magazine?
  •  Added

Construction

• Clinton & Russell article's does not feature the & symbol
  •  Fixed
• "One such project was headed by the Century Realty Company," - led
  •  Done
• "The Remington Construction Company was hired as the contractor. The building was planned to cost $600,000." - consider merging these two sentences together?
  •  Done
• "During construction, some of the workers went on strike," - why did the workers go on strike?
  • I'm not exactly sure. I didn't find sources that said why. epicgenius (talk) 14:01, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Munson Line use

• "Frank Munson bought the Beaver Building in July 1919," - who was Frank Munson?
• Also I cannot see any explicit mention of Frank Munson in the source provided
  •  Fixed I replaced it with the Munson Steamship Line, which is in the source. epicgenius (talk) 14:01, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cocoa Exchange use

• "described at the time as the world's largest cocoa market," - described by whom?
  •  Added

Later use

• "British developers London & Leeds acquired the Beaver Building, at which point about 70% of the space was vacant." - the percent symbol is to be avoided per
  MOS:PERCENT
  •  Fixed
• "London & Leeds renamed it One Wall Street Court and renovated the interior. The lobby, elevators, and electrical and HVAC systems were refurbished." - I think these two sentences can be merged together
  •  Done
• "The building was purchased by Cocoa Partners in 1994." - Maybe expand briefly what Cocoa Partners is?
  •  Done I think it's just a holding company for the actual owners, as is common in real estate here. epicgenius (talk) 14:01, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• "the commercial space was occupied by a "massive store" called" - think the text in quotation marks can be reworded
  •  Done

Critical reception

• "The writer Herbert Croly was one of the proponents of such decoration." - what magazine was Croly writing for at the time?
  •  Added
• "1 Wall Street Court was made a New York City designated landmark on February 13, 1996." - who gave out the designation exactly?
  •  Added

References

• Reference 35 "The Planning and Construction of High Office-buildings" the publisher "J Wiley & sons" the word "sons" can begin with a capital letter
  •  Done
• Although not deemed unreliable or possibly unsafe, I think Reference 55 can be replaced by a higher quality source where possible that states that a sushi restaurant was opened at the building's base in 2005
  • Sadly, this was the only source I could find about this, even on ProQuest. epicgenius (talk) 14:01, 29 October 2020 (UTC)′[reply]

Overall, a nicely written article. Will put on hold to allow the nominator to address or query the points raised above. MWright96 (talk) 10:36, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@MWright96: Thank you for the review. I've addressed all of these points, though I could not solve a few of them. epicgenius (talk) 14:01, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Epicgenius: Now promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 15:03, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]