Flatiron Building

The Flatiron Building located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan was designed by Daniel Burnham in the Beaux-Arts style. Completed in 1902, it was considered to be one of the first skyscrapers ever built. It's steel frame design, which was a new development in building construction, allowed it to soar up to 22 floors, making it one of the tallest buildings in New York City at 285 feet.

The building sits on a triangular island block at 23rd Street, Fifth Avenue, Broadway and 22nd Street. At it's front tip, at 23rd Street, it's width is only 6.5 feet. The building is a visual treat with it's relatively small scale (for skyscrapers anyway) and it's intriguing intricate terra cotta details.

The Flatiron Building, which got its name from it's triangular shape resembling a clothing iron (they were called 'flatirons' in those days), has been a National Historic Landmark since 1989, but it is also a functioning office building. It was originally named the Fuller Building after George A. Fuller, founder of the company that financed its construction.

How to get there:
* Subway:

to 23rd St-Broadway

Useful Links:
http://www.greatbuildings.com
/buildings /Flatiron_Building.html