Talk:Waterbury Municipal Center Complex

A fact from Waterbury Municipal Center Complex appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 March 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that several buildings of Cass Gilbert's Waterbury Municipal Center Complex use quotations from Abraham Lincoln as decorative motifs, despite Lincoln's lack of connection to that Connecticut city?

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This article was just now started in a semi-automated way, and could use more attention, perhaps including use of sources that might be found online. Please help! For example: add sources (try Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) or try Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL. Or develop from the sources already included in the article. --doncram (talk) 06:57, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to see pic added and development by User:Daniel Case. I wonder about restoring mention from my earlier draft of the "more lasting than brass" motto, which i thot was the germ of a DYK type quirky thing to explain. As I recall from my read of the NRHP nom document, Cass Gilbert had used that motto in a semi-sarcastic way. Indeed, it could be better presented/explained than in my draft. I had written:

Cass chose the motto "Quod eire perennius" (more lasting than brass), as a direct quote from Horace, but apparently also in an allusion to Waterbury's brass manufacturing industry.^[1]^: 21

^ Tony P. Wrenn (January 28, 1978). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Waterbury Municipal Center Complex / Cass Gilbert National Register District" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 15 photos, exterior and interior, from 1978

I just wonder if some mention of that could be worked back in. Anyhow, thanks for the development, the article is much improved. --do ncr am 11:42, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My goal is to put this in the history section. I found the Lincoln thing to be more DYK-worthy. Daniel Case (talk) 18:47, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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