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Flatiron Building
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| The Fuller Building or as it is better known, the
Flatiron Building, was one of the tallest buildings in
New York City upon its completion in
1902. The building was designed by Chicago's
Daniel Burnham in the
Beaux-Arts style on a triangular island block at
23rd Street,
Fifth Avenue, and
Broadway, its limestone and
glazed terracotta facade is separated into three parts
horizontally. It has become very popular with tourists all
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The aerodynamic shape of the building led to a wind-tunnel effect
up the streets on which it was situated. Locals took an immediate interest in the building,
placing bets on how far the debris would spread when the
wind knocked it down and nicknaming it "the Flatiron"
because of the building's resemblance to the
irons of the day. Today the Flatiron is a popular spot for tourist
photographs, a National Historic Landmark, and a functioning
office building, currently home to several book publishers,
most of them under the umbrella of
Holtzbrinck Publishers. The
surrounding neighbourhood came back into fashion in the 1980's and
boasts chic boutiques, restaurants and cafes, and is named
the
Flatiron District after its signature building.
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At the rounded tip, the triangular tower is only 2 meters wide.
and expands into a limestone wedge adorned
with Gothic and Renaissance details of Greek faces and terracotta
flowers. The 22-story Flatiron Building, with a height of 87
meters (285 ft), is generally considered the oldest surviving
skyscraper in
Manhattan, though in fact the older
Park Row Building (1899) is several stories taller. |
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