Flatiron Building
The Flatiron Building, originally called the Fuller Building, is at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, New York City.
Flatiron Building | |
NYC Landmark
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  Location in New York City  Flatiron Building (New York City) | |
| Coordinates | 40°44′28″N 73°59′23″W / 40.74111°N 73.98972°W |
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| Built | 1902 |
| Architect | D. H. Burnham & Co.: Daniel Burnham Frederick Dinkelberg[1][2] |
| Architectural style | Renaissance revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001603 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 20, 1979[3] |
| Designated NHL | June 29, 1989 |
| Designated NYCL | September 20, 1966 |
It was one of the first skyscrapers. When it was finished in 1902, it was one of the tallest buildings in the city. The building sits on a triangular island-block. Most Manhattan streets are on a strict grid plan but Broadway is an exception. It crosses the streets and avenue at an angle. This makes it cut across Fifth Avenue, a large and important road running N/S. At the junction sits the Flatiron on a triangle of land. There are also two E/W roads, a main road, 23rd St. and a minor road, East 22nd St.
The name "Flatiron" is because it looks like a old-fashioned cast iron clothes iron. The building has been called "[o]ne of the world's most iconic skyscrapers, and a quintessential symbol of New York City".[4] It gives its name to the neighborhood around it, known as the Flatiron District. It has become an icon of New York City.[5] The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1966.[6] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979,[7] and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989.[8][9]
References
change- ↑ Morrone, Francis. "The Triangle in the Sky" The Wall Street Journal (June 12, 2010)
- ↑ Yardley, Jonathan. "Book review of 'Flatiron,' about a Manhattan landmark" The Washington Post (June 27, 2010)
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ↑ Treasures of New York City: The Flatiron Building (TV, 2014) WLIW. Accessed: April 3, 2014
- ↑ For its iconic status, see Koolhaus, Rem, Delirious New York: a retroactive manifesto (New York) 1978:72, and Goldberger, Paul, The Skyscraper (New York) 1981:38; both noted in this context in Zukowski and Saliga, 1984:79 note 3.
- ↑ New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Postal, Matthew A. (ed. and text); Dolkart, Andrew S. (text). 2009. Guide to New York City Landmarks. 4th ed, New York: John Wiley & Sons, p76. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1
- ↑ Pitts, Carolyn (1989-02-09). " "Flatiron Building". National Register of Historic Places Registration. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Flatiron Building". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-12. Archived from the original on 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
- ↑ "Flatiron Building—Accompanying photos, exterior, from 1979" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory. National Park Service. 1989-02-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2015-02-08.