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A fact from Louis Abramson appeared on Misplaced Pages's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 December 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Louis Abramson worked on the renovation of a building that he designed 57 years earlier? A record of the entry may be seen at Misplaced Pages:Recent additions/2024/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Louis Abramson.

Note for future work

Buildings:

• 1175 Findlay Avenue (Findlay House, Weinstein-Ratner House)
• Long Island Jewish Hospital
• 41 Maiden Lane (Home Insurance Company Building).
• 139 E 79th St.
• 145 East 32nd Street.
• Dazian Pavilion at Beth Israel Hospital.
• 335 West 35th Street.
• 131 West 86th Street.
• 169th Street, Bronx Hospital
• Louis Allen Abramson at the Museum of the City of New York
• Cadillac Cafeteria in Instagram with some interesting (but unsubstantiated) information about the fire which destroyed the building and supposedly includes Abramson posing in front of the building.

References

1. "Findlay House in New York City | high-rise building". Phorio. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
2. "Home Insurance Company Building in New York City | high-rise building". Phorio. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
3. "139 East 79th Street in New York City | high-rise building". Phorio. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
4. "Dazian Pavilion in New York City | high-rise building". Phorio. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
5. "335 West 35th Street in New York City | high-rise building". Phorio. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
6. "Abramson, Louis Allen Archives". LANDMARK WEST. Retrieved 2021-04-12.

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 18:18, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

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• ... that Louis Abramson worked on the renovation of a building (pictured) he had designed 57 years earlier?

• Source: "It was also, perhaps, a recognition of Louis Allen Abramson, the architect who designed the main building more than five decades ago and was called back recently to begin work on the new senior‐citizen apartment house that is the first phase of the center's modernization program." https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/07/archives/home-for-the-aging-reaffirms-its-roots-home-for-the-aging-reaffirms.html

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RoySmith (talk) 02:32, 12 November 2024 (UTC).

• Hi RoySmith, review follows: a QPQ has been carried out (in progress); article was moved to mainspace on 12 November and exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources except for one paragraph which I have tagged; I didn't pick up on any overly close paraphrasing from the sources in a spotcheck on some of the online ones; Earwig comes back generally OK, though I wonder if "on 167th Street between Findlay and Teller Avenues in the Bronx" could be rephrased to avoid being identical to the source? hook fact is interesting enough, mentioned in the article and checks out to sources cited; image is OK, could be cropped a little to remove the margin. Do you have confirmation it was published prior to 1929? Noting the statement that the NY public library couldn't determine copyright of the image - Dumelow (talk) 19:21, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Dumelow Thank you for the review. I've supplied the missing citation. As for the paraphrasing, I think WP:LIMITED applies here. I tried a few rewordings, but they're all rather awkward and forced, so I'm inclined to leave it as is. I think cropping the image would be an aesthetic negative.

The more interesting question is the provenance of the image vis-a-vis whether it is PD or not. https://www.vera.org/news/vera-schweitzer-the-vera-institutes-worthy-namesake says the image appeared in a 1931 annual report, so that's at least an upper bound for the date, admittedly 2 years shy of the 1929 magic line in the sand. Wurts Brothers was a well-known photography firm specializing in architectural work. I think it's reasonable to assume they took the photo soon after the building was completed, but I have been unable to find any hard evidence that it predates 1929. RoySmith (talk) 20:16, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Works for me. Not an expert on images so happy to leave decision whether to use up to promoter/posting admin - Dumelow (talk) 20:28, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm possibly putting my head in the lion's mouth, but Nikkimaria is my usual go-to on image licensing questions. RoySmith (talk) 21:14, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

The current tagging is likely incorrect (unless there's an earlier publication that hasn't been identified), but I'd suggest checking for copyright renewal on the 1931 report - it likely wouldn't have been renewed which means this is likely out of copyright. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:27, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Dumelow OK, let's run this without the image:

ALT1 ... that Louis Abramson worked on the renovation of a building he had designed 57 years earlier?

which is a bit of a shame, but I'd rather be right than guess. In the meantime, I've located an archive here in NYC that looks like it has all the annual reports from the years in question. I'll get over there at some point and hopefully be able to nail this down. RoySmith (talk) 22:51, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Just to confirm ALT1 is approved. An interesting building, surprised it doesn't have its own article yet - Dumelow (talk) 08:35, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

That may yet happen. I had started work on User:RoySmith/drafts/1201 Findlay Ave and while researching the building, learned about Abramson and ended up going down that rathole first. RoySmith (talk) 14:54, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Art Moderne?

@Beyond My Ken I just added your photo of the Countee Cullen Branch to the article. In the commons description you mention that it is in the "Art Moderne" style; do you have a WP:RS for that? RoySmith (talk) 15:02, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Never mind, I found https://www.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/plans/malcolm-x-boulevard/mxb.pdf RoySmith (talk) 15:58, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

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