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Lever House

 * Nominator(s): Epicgenius (talk) 23:33, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

This article is about a soap company's former headquarters in New York City. Designed by well-known modernist firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Lever House was built from 1950 to 1952. It was the city's second-ever skyscraper with a glass curtain wall, as well as an early example of a skyscraper in NYC that was designed as a rectangular slab, lacking the "wedding-cake" setbacks of earlier towers. After narrowly avoiding demolition in the early 1980s, it was protected as a New York City landmark. Though Lever House is now a regular office building, it has consistently received positive acclaim over the years for its innovative design.

This page became a Good Article two years ago after a Good Article review by A person in Georgia, for which I am very grateful. I think it's up to FA quality now, and I look forward to all comments and feedback. Epicgenius (talk) 23:33, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Image review


 * Don't use fixed px size


 * Some images are missing alt text. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:30, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the image review @Nikkimaria. I have fixed both of these issues. – Epicgenius (talk) 13:05, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Comments from HAL
Looks pretty good. More comments to come. ~ HAL  333  17:12, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
 * "would house the firm's subsidiaries upon its expected completion in late 1951." --> "housed the firm's subsidiaries" per WOULDCHUCK.
 * I understand what you mean. However, in this case, the building was still quite literally on the drawing board, so it's not a case of a past-tense phrase using "would"; thus, changing it to "housed the firm's subsidiaries upon its expected completion" would result in a grammatically inconsistent sentence. I have instead changed it to "was planned to house". Epicgenius (talk) 16:53, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
 * "would assist with the design" --> "assisted with the design"
 * Done, as this is an instance where the past tense does make sense. Epicgenius (talk) 16:53, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Ditto all other places where not appropriate, such as non-hypothetical situations.
 * Done. However, there are still several remaining instances of "would" where the text talks about hypothetical or future situations. Epicgenius (talk) 16:53, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
 * -- not a huge fan of that wording. I feel that it could be more concise.
 * Done. Epicgenius (talk) 16:53, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
 * -- What does that mean? Is a link to Cellular beams appropriate?
 * That is correct. Epicgenius (talk) 16:53, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the initial comments HAL333. I've fixed these now. Epicgenius (talk) 16:53, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Coordinator comment - I'm sorry, but at a little over three weeks in and with only a single general support, this nomination is in danger of archival in another couple days if significant movement towards a consensus to promote does not occur. Hog Farm Talk 22:09, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

With no further progress towards a consensus, I am reluctantly timing this out. The usual two-week hiatus will apply.

Gog the Mild (talk) 14:07, 8 August 2023 (UTC)