Flatiron building new york city.
Flat iron building new york city.
With the intersection of broadway and 5th avenue forming a triangle there was no room for a traditionally shaped building if the developer wanted to use all of the real estate available.
But new yorkers gave this building a name of their own the flatiron building because of its similarity to the household appliance a flat iron.
The flatiron building formerly known as the fuller building is a 22 storied triangular landmark steel framed building situated in the borough of manhattan at 175 fifth avenue in nyc.
Its footprint is a triangle and its shape is thus somewhat reminiscent of an iron hence its name the flatiron.
After the construction completed in 1902 the flatiron building with its 20 floors was one of the tallest buildings in new york city.
The flatiron is not the only classic new york skyscraper that is reinventing itself.
The flatiron building originally the fuller building is a triangular 22 story 285 foot 86 9 m tall steel framed landmarked building located at 175 fifth avenue in the flatiron district neighborhood of the borough of manhattan new york city designed by daniel burnham and frederick dinkelberg it was one of the tallest buildings in the city upon its 1902 completion at 20 floors high and.