Talk:18 East 50th Street/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Jeromi Mikhael (talk · contribs) 05:02, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

This is not my first building GAN review; I've reviewed Los Arcos Mall before. However, I've only done 2 GANs in total, so please correct me if I do a mistake.

Prose

 * the onetime leader of the Tammany Hall political ring. - should this be a one-time instead?
 * Done.
 * However, the firm retained "Grand Rapids Furniture Company" as its corporate name. - The word "However" or its counterparts does not appear in the source. Could you change this to avoid WP:SYNTHESIS.
 * Done. However, "However" is just a conjunction meaning "although". Epicgenius (talk) 15:24, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * 18 East 50th Street is in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, on the south side of 50th Street between Fifth Avenue to the west and Madison Avenue to the east. - "is located in the" (to avoid confusion)
 * In this context, "located" may be redundant. That word is used to establish location, which is given immediately afterward in the same sentence. A similar situation applies to words like "situated". Epicgenius (talk) 15:24, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * in what was characterized by contemporary media as the "Perpendicular Gothic" style. - should be "by The Real Estate Record: Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide as the"; there were no mention of contemporary here
 * I have changed it now. However, "contemporary" is just a word meaning "living or occurring at the same time". The Real Estate Record was published at the same time as the construction of the building. Epicgenius (talk) 15:24, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * and contains a roof 132.91 feet (40.51 m) tall. - no mention about this in the source. Am I missing something or is there a paywalled section I'm not allowed to see?
 * I have fixed the height to show what it said in the source. It may be paywalled/unavailable outside the US. Epicgenius (talk) 15:24, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * particularly St. Patrick's Cathedral. - "particularly with the/the St. Patrick's Cathedral"; clarification
 * I have clarified this, but "St. Patrick's Cathedral" isn't preceded by the definite article "the". Epicgenius (talk) 15:24, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * The building has no setbacks because it was designed just before the 1916 Zoning Resolution would have required such setbacks. - sentence is confusing. Did you mean: just before the 1916 Zoning Resolution that would have required such setbacks
 * Done.
 * Wikilink ashlar.
 * Done.
 * However, the following week, the journal reported that the company would construct a new structure for its own use. - this page mentions that the Real Estate Record and Guide is a report
 * Changed.
 * Journalist Joan Murray, a partner in the agency, was subsequently charged with hiring two men to beat up Castleberry at his office; the men had not done so only because all three were Black. - is this sentence relevant to the article?
 * After the bankruptcy, Murray asked the men to beat up Castleberry and throw him out the building's window. It would have been funny as a DYK hook, but I still removed it. Epicgenius (talk) 15:19, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Pictures

 * The only non-infobox image in here depicts the second floor. Probably move this to the first section?
 * I moved this to the "Facade" section and added another image. Epicgenius (talk) 15:24, 23 June 2021 (UTC)