Talk:Astor Library Building
 | Astor Library Building is currently an Art and architecture good article nominee. Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 19:19, 22 May 2026 (UTC) This article is ready to be reviewed in accordance with the good article criteria. Any editor who has not nominated or contributed significantly to this article may review the article and decide if it should be listed as a good article. To start the review process, click start review and then save the page. See the instructions. |
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 | Text or other creative content from this version of The Public Theater was copied or moved into Draft:Astor Library Building with this edit on 5 May 2026. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. |
 | A fact from Astor Library Building appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 June 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Dclemens1971 (talk) 02:37, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
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The Astor Library Building
- ... that a New York City library building (pictured) hosts several theatrical stages? Source: Gray, Christopher (February 10, 2002). "Streetscapes/The Old Astor Library, Now the Joseph Papp Public Theater; Once It Held Many Pages; Now It Has Many Stages". The New York Times.
- ALT1: ... that a New York City library building (pictured) later became a clubhouse, a shelter, and a theater? Source: "77th Division to Have Own Clubhouse Here". New-York Tribune. March 23, 1919. p. 12. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/10/realestate/streetscapes-old-astor-library-now-joseph-papp-public-theater-once-it-held-many.html Gray, Christopher (February 10, 2002). "Streetscapes/The Old Astor Library, Now the Joseph Papp Public Theater; Once It Held Many Pages; Now It Has Many Stages". The New York Times.]
- ALT2: ... that at one point, the US Army put hundreds of beds in a New York City library building (pictured)? Source: "77th Division to Have Own Clubhouse Here". New-York Tribune. March 23, 1919. p. 12. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/10/realestate/streetscapes-old-astor-library-now-joseph-papp-public-theater-once-it-held-many.html Gray, Christopher (February 10, 2002). "Streetscapes/The Old Astor Library, Now the Joseph Papp Public Theater; Once It Held Many Pages; Now It Has Many Stages". The New York Times.]
- ALT3: ... that in the 1880s, Astor Library patrons needed to get a letter of recommendation to get into the Astor Library Building's (pictured) shelves? Source: "Alcove Study in the Astor Library". New-York Tribune. March 22, 1883. p. 3
- ALT4: ... that because the Astor Library Building (pictured) originally closed by sundown, its trustees recommended that patrons use other libraries? Source: '"To Remain Closed at night.; the Trustees of the Astor Library Finally Reach a Decision". The New York Times.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/See the Old Lady Decently
Moved to mainspace by Epicgenius (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 797 past nominations.
Epicgenius (talk) 14:09, 21 May 2026 (UTC).
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Article is new enough, long enough. Hook facts are interesting; preference for ALT2 and ALT3. Image is of sufficient quality for DYK, free license. Copyvio tool spots only proper nouns... no close paraphrasing found. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:04, 26 May 2026 (UTC)
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