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Lightbursttalk 04:47, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
ALT1: ... that Stanley Bard, who was jealous of the Hotel Chelsea as a child, later managed the hotel? Source: Fleming, Robert (December 11, 1983). "Hotel Chelsea celebrates a centennial of the bizarre and controversial". Chicago Tribune. pp. J8, J9
ALT2: ... that Stanley Bard, who was jealous of the Hotel Chelsea as a child because his father spent all his time there, later became the hotel's manager? Source: Fleming, Robert (December 11, 1983). "Hotel Chelsea celebrates a centennial of the bizarre and controversial". Chicago Tribune. pp. J8, J9
ALT4: ... that the Hotel Chelsea was once described as one of New York City's two "Statues of Liberty"? Source: Vowell, Sarah (February 1999). "I'll Take the Room With the Tortured Past". GQ: Gentlemen's Quarterly. Vol. 69, no. 2. pp. 97–100, 102–103.
ALT5: ... that a headline in The Wall Street Journal proclaimed that if Stanley Bard likes your wife, you'll get a room at the Chelsea? Source: "If Stanley Bard Likes Your Wife You'll Get A Room at the Chelsea". The Wall Street Journal. December 21, 1972. p. 1
5× expansion of 13 October 2023 version completed from 10,743 characters to 60,411 and nominated three days later.
No copyvios detected (AGF books and offline refs which can't go through Dup detector). Article is well-sourced. Main hook is 119 characters long (ALT1 is 92; ALT2 is 145; ALT3 is 86; ALT4 is 93; ALT5 is 125); all six are under the 200 character max. limit and are interesting. Ref 46 (verifying the main hook) is a reliable source from the NYT (AGF all other refs which are offline or behind paywall). QPQ done. Image is free under CC BY-3.0. Looks good to go! —
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