Template:Did you know nominations/Bronx General Post Office

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The result was: promoted by Kimikel talk 02:58, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Bronx General Post Office

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The Bronx General Post Office

• ... that an X-ray machine was once placed in the Bronx General Post Office's lobby? Source: "City Starts TB Hunt". New York Herald Tribune. December 13, 1955. p. 25.
  • ALT1: ... that the Bronx General Post Office's roof once had a shooting range? Source: "U. S. Post Office Bronx, New York" (PDF). Architectural Forum. Vol. 68, no. 6. June 1938. p. 481.
  • ALT2: ... that the Bronx General Post Office, proposed as early as 1902, was not finished for 35 years? Source: Bronx General Post Office Lobby, First Floor Interior (PDF) (Report). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. December 17, 2013. pp. 2–3.
  • ALT3: ... that the Bronx General Post Office could not get bulletproof shields because it was a landmark? Source: "Barriers: To Protect And Serve". Newsday. March 23, 1995. p. A.07
  • ALT4: ... that graduate students visited the Bronx General Post Office to write dissertations about its murals? Source: Kaufman, Michael T. (February 25, 1995). "About New York; On a Bronx Wall, Faded Colors of an Era of Hope". The New York Times.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Castle Knob
  • Comment: Credit goes to Pretzelles for suggesting ALT0 and ALT1.

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 686 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 15:00, 21 November 2024 (UTC).

• Hi Epicgenius. This well-written article, expanded about 12x, is long enough, new enough, and well-sourced. ALT1 is certainly the most interesting. It is cited to a map which identifies the top floor as a "target range". Other hooks are also cited (could not check main hook or ALT3, but assuming good faith). Image free and legible at low resolution. QPQ done. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 18:43, 30 November 2024 (UTC)