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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 03:27, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
The PDFlink template won't work right inside a citation template. But there's another way: add "format=PDF" to the citation template. See Template talk:PDFlink#PDFLink with Citation Templates. Fixed. -- John Nagle ( talk) 02:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Removed "Popular culture" section which promoted a recent movie. That's inappropriate, per WP:TRIVIA. Especially when there's a "viral marketing" campaign underway for the movie. -- John Nagle ( talk) 03:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
In the last image, of the building under construction, shows another large building under construction nearby. I can't seem to find this on google maps. Any idea what this building is? Maury ( talk) 00:45, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I'm not sure who handles the updates on the Woolworth Building article. I didn't want to make changes cause I didn't want to step on anyone's toes, but there was a bit of information I would like to ask to have added to the "In Popular Culture" section: In the 1957 film "Twelve Angry Men", Juror 12 looks out of the window with Juror 8 at the beginning of the movie and points out, "Is that the Woolworth Building?" and comments that through all his life living in New York City that he's never been inside of it. -TC (7/2/2013)
The article is written very much from a property dealer's / financier's point of view. It gives only limited material on the architectural effort and philosophy, and even less about the structural approach and principles. The greatest disappointment to me is that the CONSTRUCTION of this early masterpiece is not even mentioned. Who were the principal CONTRACTORS? Which firm detailed and supplied the steelwork for the frame of this 100-year old skyscraper? What form of cranes were used to erect the structure? How many tons of steel (Was Milliken Brothers involved?), cubic yards of concrete, tons of marble and cladding, square feet of glass? How many workers on site at the peak of construction? How many deaths? The names of the construction managers would be far more interesting (and deserved) than the identities of all the post-achievement parasites who profited from the end product. Could some construction historian expand on the creation of this ground-breaking masterpiece? This article compares very poorly with e.g., the Wiki entry on the Golden Gate Bridge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Questor74 ( talk • contribs) 09:25, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
I beg to disagree about what constitutes triviality. Tenants come and go, and references in popular culture are hardly what one would find in encyclopedia entries. A single sentence about its construction highlights would not do the achievement credit, but neither would one need a book. The creation of a lasting monument of Woolworth's significance certainly justifies a few paragraphs about its essence (structure) and its physical creation. Questor74 ( talk) 19:41, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
For other large projects like the Golden Gate bridge and empire state building, one can find information on how many workers died during construction But I was unable to find such info for the WW building in a quick google anyone have any info ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.130.228.122 ( talk) 22:49, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
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I added a link to a recent online publication with research on the Woolworth Building, in part drawn from a collection of architectural plans and drawings acquired by Vanderbilt University in 2015. Reklaw9 ( talk) 14:37, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
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The decision to place "Architecture" before "History" is a unique one to me.
Several grotesques located are at points where the arcade's north and south wings intersect the mezzanine; they depict major figures involved in the Woolworth Building's construction.Condense.
Gilbert was originally retained to design a standard 12- to 16-story commercial building for Woolworth.[47] This plan initially suited Woolworth; he later said that he originally "had no desire to erect a monument that would cause posterity to remember me".[48]Condense. There's a lot of the same thing here, namely that Woolworth didn't at first want to make a splash. Try instead:
Gilbert was originally retained to design a standard 12- to 16-story commercial building for Woolworth,[47] who later said he "had no desire to erect a monument that would cause posterity to remember me".[48]
[...] was believed at the time to be the largest contract for foundation construction ever awarded in the world."Believed" strong implies the possibility of this not being the case.
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