Metro Photo Archive :: View South From The Empire State Building to The Flatiron Building on the South Side of Madison Square
I identified this square a few years ago, but i have forgotten... Ahaa, I found it again. It's Madison Square. in the center of this cropped version of the original is the Flatiron Building. It got its name from the shape of "flat irons" which were heated on stoves and used for ironing clothes by hand before the invention of the electric iron. I never saw a flatiron being used. I used to see this building on Sunday nights sitting or lying on the back seat of my Dad's black Buick sedan.
View looking south (downtown) from the Empire State Building at part of the Flatiron District.
The Flatiron Building is the triangular building in the center. The trees at the lower left are in Madison Square Park. Madison Square is the intersection in front of the Flatiron, where Fifth Avenue and Broadway cross. (Heading south, Fifth goes to the right, Broadway to the left.) The trees of Union Square Park can be seen in the top left of the image.
The Flatiron Building is one of my favorite buildings... I remember looking out our Buick sedan's rear window at this amazing building on Sunday nights while driving from Times Square to the Holland Tunnel.
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The Flatiron District is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, named after the Flatiron Building at 23rd Street, Broadway and Fifth Avenue. Generally the Flatiron District can be said to be bounded by 20th Street, Union Square and Greenwich Village to the south; the Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) or Seventh Avenue and Chelsea to the west; 25th Street and NoMad to the north; Rose Hill to the northeast, and Lexington Avenue/Irving Place, Gramercy Park to the east.
Broadway cuts through the middle of the district, and Madison Avenue begins at 23rd Street and runs north. At the north (uptown) end of the district is Madison Square Park, which was completely renovated in 2001. The Flatiron District encompasses within its boundaries the Ladies' Mile Historic District and the birthplace of Theodore Roosevelt, a National Historic Site.
The Flatiron District is part of New York City's Manhattan Community Board 5.[3]
History and Name
The designation "Flatiron District" for this area is of relatively recent vintage, dating from around 1985, and came about because of its increasingly residential character,[4] and the influx of many restaurants into the area[5] – real estate agents needed an appealing name to call the area in their ads. Before that, the area was primarily commercial, with numerous small clothing and toy manufacturers,[6] and was sometimes called the Toy District. The Toy Center buildings at 23rd Street and Broadway date from this period, and the annual American International Toy Fair took place there beginning in 1903, except for 1945.
When much of this business moved outside the U.S., the area began to be referred to as the Photo District[6] because of the large number of photographers' studios and associated businesses located there, the photographers having come because of the relatively cheap rents.[7]
As of the 2000s, many publishers have their offices in the district, as well as advertising agencies,[8] and the number of computer- and Web-related start-up companies in the area caused it to be considered part of "Silicon Alley" or "Multimedia Gulch", along with TriBeCa and SoHo,[9] although this usage declined considerably after the dot.com bubble burst.
Buildings
The Flatiron District is located in the part of Manhattan where the bedrock Manhattan schist is located deeper underground that it is above 29th Street and below Canal Street, and as a result, and under the influence of zoning laws, the tallest buildings in the area top out at around 20 stories, and older buildings of 3-6 floors are numerous, especially on the side streets.
Notable buildings in the district include the Flatiron Building, one of the oldest of the original New York skyscrapers, and just to east at 1 Madison Avenue is the Met Life Tower, built in 1909 and the tallest building in the world until 1913, when the Woolworth Building was completed. It is now occupied by Credit Suisse since MetLife moved their headquarters to the Pan Am Building. The 700-foot (210 m) marble clock tower of this building dominates Madison Square and the park there.
Nearby, on Madison Avenue between 26th and 27th Streets, on the site of the old Madison Square Garden, is the New York Life Building, built in 1928 and designed by Cass Gilbert, with a square tower topped by a striking gilded pyramid. Also of note is the statuary adorning the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court on Madison Avenue at 25th Street.
Completed in 2010, "One Madison Park", an exclusive 50 story luxury residential condominium tower, sits at 22 East 23rd Street, at the foot of Madison Avenue, across from Madison Square Park. It is nearly as tall as the Met Life Tower (617.5 feet (188.2 m), compared to 700 feet (210 m) for the Tower), and taller than the Flatiron Building.[11] The asking price for the triplex penthouse is $45 million.[12]
Education
Baruch College of the City University of New York, is located on E. 23rd Street and Lexington Avenue on the eastern edge of the district. The College sits on the former site of the Free Academy (now City College of New York), which was founded in 1847 and was the first institution of free public higher education in the United States. Baruch's Newman Vertical Campus as well as the Zicklin School of Business, the largest collegiate school of business in the United States, are also located on 24th and 25th Streets between Third and Lexington Avenues.
Culture and Shopping
Giving this area a bit of color are the Museum of Sex and the Gershwin Hotel, both located on 27th Street. The Gershwin is a tribute to the late pop artist Andy Warhol, and features some of his art and memorabilia throughout the hotel.
There are also many stores around the area, such as Ann Taylor, Victoria's Secret, Club Monaco and Origins. "Big-box" retailers dominate Sixth Avenue between 14th Street and 23rd Street, at the district's western edge.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_District,_Manhattan
The Modern Flatiron District of Today
www.flatironbid.org/pdfs/map_2010_secure.pdf
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Metro Photo Archive :: View South From The Empire State Building to The Flatiron Building on the South Side of Madison Square
I identified this square a few years ago, but i have forgotten... Ahaa, I found it again. It's Madison Square. in the center of this cropped version of the original is the Flatiron Building. It got its name from the shape of "flat irons" which were heated on stoves and used for ironing clothes by hand before the invention of the electric iron. I never saw a flatiron being used. I used to see this building on Sunday nights sitting or lying on the back seat of my Dad's black Buick sedan.
View looking south (downtown) from the Empire State Building at part of the Flatiron District.
The Flatiron Building is the triangular building in the center. The trees at the lower left are in Madison Square Park. Madison Square is the intersection in front of the Flatiron, where Fifth Avenue and Broadway cross. (Heading south, Fifth goes to the right, Broadway to the left.) The trees of Union Square Park can be seen in the top left of the image.
The Flatiron Building is one of my favorite buildings... I remember looking out our Buick sedan's rear window at this amazing building on Sunday nights while driving from Times Square to the Holland Tunnel.
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The Flatiron District is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, named after the Flatiron Building at 23rd Street, Broadway and Fifth Avenue. Generally the Flatiron District can be said to be bounded by 20th Street, Union Square and Greenwich Village to the south; the Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) or Seventh Avenue and Chelsea to the west; 25th Street and NoMad to the north; Rose Hill to the northeast, and Lexington Avenue/Irving Place, Gramercy Park to the east.
Broadway cuts through the middle of the district, and Madison Avenue begins at 23rd Street and runs north. At the north (uptown) end of the district is Madison Square Park, which was completely renovated in 2001. The Flatiron District encompasses within its boundaries the Ladies' Mile Historic District and the birthplace of Theodore Roosevelt, a National Historic Site.
The Flatiron District is part of New York City's Manhattan Community Board 5.[3]
History and Name
The designation "Flatiron District" for this area is of relatively recent vintage, dating from around 1985, and came about because of its increasingly residential character,[4] and the influx of many restaurants into the area[5] – real estate agents needed an appealing name to call the area in their ads. Before that, the area was primarily commercial, with numerous small clothing and toy manufacturers,[6] and was sometimes called the Toy District. The Toy Center buildings at 23rd Street and Broadway date from this period, and the annual American International Toy Fair took place there beginning in 1903, except for 1945.
When much of this business moved outside the U.S., the area began to be referred to as the Photo District[6] because of the large number of photographers' studios and associated businesses located there, the photographers having come because of the relatively cheap rents.[7]
As of the 2000s, many publishers have their offices in the district, as well as advertising agencies,[8] and the number of computer- and Web-related start-up companies in the area caused it to be considered part of "Silicon Alley" or "Multimedia Gulch", along with TriBeCa and SoHo,[9] although this usage declined considerably after the dot.com bubble burst.
Buildings
The Flatiron District is located in the part of Manhattan where the bedrock Manhattan schist is located deeper underground that it is above 29th Street and below Canal Street, and as a result, and under the influence of zoning laws, the tallest buildings in the area top out at around 20 stories, and older buildings of 3-6 floors are numerous, especially on the side streets.
Notable buildings in the district include the Flatiron Building, one of the oldest of the original New York skyscrapers, and just to east at 1 Madison Avenue is the Met Life Tower, built in 1909 and the tallest building in the world until 1913, when the Woolworth Building was completed. It is now occupied by Credit Suisse since MetLife moved their headquarters to the Pan Am Building. The 700-foot (210 m) marble clock tower of this building dominates Madison Square and the park there.
Nearby, on Madison Avenue between 26th and 27th Streets, on the site of the old Madison Square Garden, is the New York Life Building, built in 1928 and designed by Cass Gilbert, with a square tower topped by a striking gilded pyramid. Also of note is the statuary adorning the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court on Madison Avenue at 25th Street.
Completed in 2010, "One Madison Park", an exclusive 50 story luxury residential condominium tower, sits at 22 East 23rd Street, at the foot of Madison Avenue, across from Madison Square Park. It is nearly as tall as the Met Life Tower (617.5 feet (188.2 m), compared to 700 feet (210 m) for the Tower), and taller than the Flatiron Building.[11] The asking price for the triplex penthouse is $45 million.[12]
Education
Baruch College of the City University of New York, is located on E. 23rd Street and Lexington Avenue on the eastern edge of the district. The College sits on the former site of the Free Academy (now City College of New York), which was founded in 1847 and was the first institution of free public higher education in the United States. Baruch's Newman Vertical Campus as well as the Zicklin School of Business, the largest collegiate school of business in the United States, are also located on 24th and 25th Streets between Third and Lexington Avenues.
Culture and Shopping
Giving this area a bit of color are the Museum of Sex and the Gershwin Hotel, both located on 27th Street. The Gershwin is a tribute to the late pop artist Andy Warhol, and features some of his art and memorabilia throughout the hotel.
There are also many stores around the area, such as Ann Taylor, Victoria's Secret, Club Monaco and Origins. "Big-box" retailers dominate Sixth Avenue between 14th Street and 23rd Street, at the district's western edge.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_District,_Manhattan
The Modern Flatiron District of Today
www.flatironbid.org/pdfs/map_2010_secure.pdf
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