This article from 2013 is not super compelling in a general sense, but while researching the Belnord this morning I stumbled across it and read with a certain amount of horror the opening quote:
The Belnord is a powerfully built limestone rental building that occupies an entire city block on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Many windows are the width of a grown woman’s wingspan.
A GROWN WOMAN’S WINGSPAN.
WOMEN WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING YOUR WINGS AND JUST HOW WIDE ARE THEY
The Belnord: A Landmark Building With a Fraught History
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