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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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Romàn 2003 broken reference

@ActivelyDisinterested, I'm seeing the following error for the Román 2003 footnotes: "Harv error: link from CITEREFRom%C3%A1n2003 doesn't point to any citation". I tried to repair it on mobile, but you undid the edit saying that it breaks more references than it fixes.

Since I'm on my phone, I can't readily change the "Román 2003" reference to "Roman 2003" without diacritics. However, I think that may solve the issue of the footnotes not working. Epicgenius (talk) 14:40, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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 The first sentence of the second paragraph states "<i>Construction started in 1961 and...the design was finalized in 1962.</i>" 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 <i>could</i> be finalized later, it needs to be clarified. The design for the building as a whole <i>would have to have been</i> finalized before construction could begin. [[User:Bricology|Bricology]] ([[User talk: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. &ndash; [[User:Epicgenius|Epicgenius]] ([[User talk:Epicgenius|talk]]) 19:39, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
+== Romàn 2003 broken reference ==
+@[[User:ActivelyDisinterested|ActivelyDisinterested]], I'm seeing the following error for the Román 2003 footnotes: "Harv error: link from CITEREFRom%C3%A1n2003 doesn't point to any citation". I tried to repair it on mobile, but you undid the edit saying that it breaks more references than it fixes.
+Since I'm on my phone, I can't readily change the "Román 2003" reference to "Roman 2003" without diacritics. However, I think that may solve the issue of the footnotes not working. [[User:Epicgenius|Epicgenius]] ([[User talk:Epicgenius|talk]]) 14:40, 5 July 2023 (UTC)