Talk:Hotel Belleclaire

Latest comment: 8 months ago by Epicgenius in topic 1908 lease

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk22:33, 15 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

 
The Hotel Belleclaire
  • ... that after a guest smuggled a lion into the Hotel Belleclaire using a piano crate, the lion was thrown out of the hotel? Source: "Has No Room for a Lion.: New York Hotel Dispossesses Animal That Arrived in Plano Box". The Washington Post. May 25, 1920. p. 6.
    • ALT1: ... that Maxim Gorky was forced to leave the Hotel Belleclaire because he was staying with a woman who was not his wife? Source: "Gorky Twice Evicted From Gotham Hotels: Belleclaire and Lafayette-Brevoort Eject Him and His Actress Companion". St. Louis Post - Dispatch. April 15, 1906. p. A1.
    • ALT2: ... that after the Hotel Belleclaire's management found that Maxim Gorky was staying there with a woman who was not his wife, Gorky was thrown out? Source: "Gorky Twice Evicted From Gotham Hotels: Belleclaire and Lafayette-Brevoort Eject Him and His Actress Companion". St. Louis Post - Dispatch. April 15, 1906. p. A1.
    • ALT3: ... that the sons of the Hotel Belleclaire's architect considered the hotel's design to be full of "junk and gunk"? Source: "The Skyline Factory". Newsweek. Vol. 70, no. 12. September 18, 1967. p. 98.
    • Reviewed: Ben Ofoedu
    • Comment: QPQ pending, more hooks later

Created by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 19:26, 8 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Hotel Belleclaire; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.Reply

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QPQ:   - Not done
Overall:   @Epicgenius: Good article. Just need a QPQ. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:10, 9 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Onegreatjoke: Thanks for the review, and sorry for the long wait. I have now done a QPQ. Epicgenius (talk) 23:05, 14 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
  Approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:20, 14 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

1908 lease

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Who got the lease in 1908? First it says "Saxe leased the building to Frank A. Archambault in August 1908 for 21 years at $65,000 a year," then the next paragraph starts with "Albert R. Keen sold the hotel's lease in November 1910 to California hotelier Elmer F. Woodbury for $150,000, with 19 years remaining on the lease." Was it Archambault or Keen? Drmab (talk) 23:47, 22 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

It was sold by Keen on behalf of Archambault. – Epicgenius (talk) 17:31, 8 March 2024 (UTC)Reply