Talk:CBS Building

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The result was: promoted by The C of E (talk) 06:39, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

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CBS Building

• ... that Eero Saarinen's only skyscraper was Black Rock (pictured)? Source: "CBS Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. October 21, 1997.
  • ALT1:... that Black Rock is mostly concrete? Source: "CBS Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. October 21, 1997.
  • ALT2:... that Eero Saarinen's only skyscraper, Black Rock, was mostly concrete? Source: "CBS Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. October 21, 1997.
  • ALT3:... that the only large pieces of structural steel in the CBS Building (pictured) carry it over a subway tunnel? Source: Ennis, Thomas W. (October 6, 1963). "14 Major Postwar Buildings Rise From 46th to 57th Street". The New York Times.
  • ALT4:... that to preserve the decorative scheme of the CBS Building, employees were not allowed to display family photographs? Source: Stern, Robert A. M.; Mellins, Thomas; Fishman, David (1995). New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial. New York: Monacelli Press. p. 409

• Reviewed: A Grandchild's Guide to Using Grandpa's Computer
• Comment: More hooks later

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 01:03, 15 July 2021 (UTC).

• ... 5x expanded, long enough, plenty of references, copyvio issue due to quotes and names. Image free and clear. All hooks in article and followed by references with hook facts. I like ALT1 most. Await a QPQ. Whispyhistory (talk) 06:23, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

• @Whispyhistory: Thanks for the review. I've done a QPQ now. Epicgenius (talk) 18:55, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

• @Epicgenius:... . Thank you. You deserve much admiration for your effort on buildings. Whispyhistory (talk) 19:29, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Height

So, which is it?

The 490 ft. stated in the text ?

Or, the 491 ft. stated in the Infobox ?

I know 1 foot, in the grand scheme of things, isn't much, but detail is detail and so is accuracy. 2600:8800:22C:F700:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 14:00, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

The building is 491 feet tall. This is now consistent throughout the article. Epicgenius (talk) 19:45, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

Construction started before the design was finalized?

The first sentence of the second paragraph states "Construction started in 1961 and...the design was finalized in 1962." This is confusing. Construction began before the design was finalized? Can anyone explain? Even if this is accurate because, for example, the "design" referred to is something like the interior spaces of the upper floors, or the shape of the roofline or another element that could be finalized later, it needs to be clarified. The design for the building as a whole would have to have been finalized before construction could begin. Bricology (talk) 21:07, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

This has now been fixed. The sentence was supposed to be arranged the other way around - the design was finalized in 1961, and construction started in 1962. – Epicgenius (talk) 19:39, 15 October 2022 (UTC)