Talk:5 Columbus Circle/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 20:04, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Am going to review this article. MWright96 (talk) 20:04, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) It is reasonably well written.
 * a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
 * 1) It is factually accurate and verifiable.
 * a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR):
 * 1) It is broad in its coverage.
 * a (major aspects): b (focused):
 * 1) It follows the neutral point of view policy.
 * Fair representation without bias:
 * 1) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * 1) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
 * 1) Overall:
 * Pass/Fail:
 * Pass/Fail:

Lead

 * Wikilink stories to Storey in the first paragraph
 * "sold the building in 1985 to John Phufas and John O'Donnell, and small renovations were undertaken on the building in subsequent years." - repetition of building in the same sentence

Site

 * "and was "thoroughly lifeless"," - according to whom?
 * Wikilink The New York Times in the second paragraph
 * "and 224 West 57th Street just south of 5 Columbus Circle. 5 Columbus Circle was one" - try not to have the end of the preceding sentence begin the next one like this

Design

 * "including the former Blair Building in the Financial District of Manhattan." - perhaps Manhattan's Financial District could be used to shorten the sentence a little?

Facade

 * "Between 1958 and 2019," - Will need an extra reference for this statement since the source cited to it is from 2000
 * "Between 1958 and 2019, there was a door at the corner of Broadway and 58th Street, leading to a ground-level banking space." - what happened to the door? Do we know?

Interior

 * Central Park Tower is wikilinked there when it is already linked earlier in the article
 * "The portion of the store within 5 Columbus Circle covers 8,000 square feet (740 m2) of 5 Columbus Circle's space," - close repetition of the building's name in the same sentence

Construction and early use

 * "U.S. Rubber came to control 70% of the United States' rubber footwear market," - the % symbol is better of spelt out per MOS:PERCENT
 * "equivalent to $80,973 in 2019)" - what is the equivalent for 2021?
 * "the planned building was described as the tallest structure on Broadway north of Times Square." - described by whom?
 * Who was August Heckscher for the uninitiated?

Later owners

 * "The building was acquired by the West Side Federal Savings and Loan Association bank in 1951,[40] and the bank hired Herbert Tannenbaum" - repetition of the word "bank" in the same sentence
 * "its headquarters in the building from 1967[44] to 1982.[45]" - the first citation in this sentence can be placed at the end

Critical reception

 * "In 1989, Christopher Gray wrote for The New York Times:" - perhaps clarify that it's the building that is being talked about?
 * Christopher Gray doesn't need to be linked here since he's already linked in the previous subsection