Talk:Dollar Savings Bank Building
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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) 13:31, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
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Dollar Savings Bank Building
- ... that a supermarket in the Bronx has Liberty Heads on its facade? Source: Dollar Savings Bank Building (PDF) (Report). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. July 19, 1994. For this specific portion of the Dollar Savings Bank Building being a supermarket, see The restoration and historic roots of Fine Fare Supermarket on the Grand Concourse. This ALT specifically does not use the image; I will try to get an image of the supermarket portion soon.
- ALT1: ... that the Dollar Savings Bank Building (pictured), later housing a supermarket, has Liberty Heads on its facade? Source: Dollar Savings Bank Building (PDF) (Report). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. July 19, 1994. For this specific portion of the Dollar Savings Bank Building being a supermarket, see The restoration and historic roots of Fine Fare Supermarket on the Grand Concourse. This ALT specifically does not use the image; I will try to get an image of the supermarket portion soon.
- ALT2: ... that a Bronx bank building (pictured) later housed a social-services agency and a supermarket? Source: Hu, Winnie (December 31, 2013). "Plans to Fix a Bronx Landmark and a Hole in Time". The New York Times; The restoration and historic roots of Fine Fare Supermarket on the Grand Concourse
- ALT3: ... that after a Bronx bank building's (pictured) clock broke, people fired bullets at it at night? Source: Hu, Winnie (December 31, 2013). "Plans to Fix a Bronx Landmark and a Hole in Time". The New York Times
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- Comment: Other hook suggestions are welcomed.
Moved to mainspace by Epicgenius (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 782 past nominations.
Epicgenius (talk) 18:51, 18 March 2026 (UTC).
- I'll take a look at this. (Off topic, why is NYTimes ref showing as red with the RS script?) Sir Joseph (talk) 01:48, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
| General: Article is new enough and long enough |
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| Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems |
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Hook eligibility:
- Cited:
- Interesting:
- Other problems:
- ALT0-2 would be good, especially if we can get an image showing the cite, such as the Liberty Head, etc.
| Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px. |
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| QPQ: Done. |
Overall: 
@Epicgenius:Everything looks good. I’m approving hook 3 because it was the most interesting, and since I was curious about the shooting at the building, I read the entire article to find out what happened. Sir Joseph (talk) 02:07, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Sir Joseph: Thanks for the review, I appreciate it. I tried viewing the article with User:Novem_Linguae/Scripts/CiteHighlighter.js, but the NY Times sources showed up in green. Epicgenius (talk) 17:13, 19 March 2026 (UTC)