Talk:Larkin Administration Building

Larkin Administration Building is currently an Art and architecture good article nominee. Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 21:58, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 28, 2026, and December 9, 2005.

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August 28, 2026: Did you know ... that Frank Lloyd Wright once entered a busy ladies' restroom at the Larkin Administration Building to show visitors the wall-mounted toilets?
December 9, 2005: Did you know ...that the Larkin Administration Building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was the first entirely air-conditioned modern office building on record?

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Reference request to wikify. Could you please clarify. I do not believe in excessive wikification of dates. The place and architect are linked. Other potential links, such as the now-defunctcompany would go to red links and I doubt whether their articles will ever be written, if they are, the editors would find their way here - the most notable thing about the company in 2005 to the outside world is this building.--A Y Arktos 20:51, 22 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

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The result was: promoted by Beta Beta Beta (talk) 01:36, 21 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Larkin Administration Building

... that Frank Lloyd Wright once entered a ladies' restroom at the Larkin Administration Building (pictured) to show visitors wall-mounted toilets? Source: Gill, Brendan (1987). Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 172
- ALT1: ... that the Larkin Administration Building (pictured), which cost over $1 million to build, was sold for $5,000 to the company that demolished it? Source: "Work Clothes Get Rich Setting at Larkin's". Daily News Record. Vol. 15213, no. 293. December 15, 1939. p. 11. Puma, Jerome (September–October 1978). "The Larkin Building Buffalo, New York History of the Demolition" (PDF). Frank Lloyd Wright Newsletter. Vol. 1, no. 5.
- ALT2: ... that Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Administration Building (pictured), demolished after 44 years, has been called "one of the great losses in the entire history of American architecture"? Source: Goldberger, Paul (December 21, 2003). "Visitors' center opens the door to a hopeful future". The Buffalo News. pp. H1, H4.
- ALT3: ... that when the Larkin Administration Building (pictured) was demolished, its architect took pride in how difficult the building's demolition was? Source: Gill 1987, p. 228.
- ALT4: ... that the Larkin Administration Building (pictured) in Buffalo, New York, was widely praised by Europeans, yet derided by an American critic as "a monster of awkwardness"? Source: Quinan, Jack (1987). Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin building: myth and fact. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 118; Sturgis, Russell (April 1908). "The Larkin Building in Buffalo" (PDF). Architectural Record. Vol. XXIII, no. 4. p. 312.
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5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 812 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 15:04, 7 July 2026 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article expanded 5x in the past 5 days. It previously appeared in DYK back in 2005, which is fine. QPQ done. Image is Public Domain and used in the article. ALT0 is by far the most interesting hook; it is mentioned & cited in the article and also supported by the source. ALT1, ALT2, and ALT4 are also compliant but not as interesting. ALT3, I cannot verify myself (offline source). So let's go with ALT0. — Chao Garden 🌱 ~ say hello 00:48, 8 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

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