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Our next stop was a shop on Broadway at 22nd Street. To get there, we passed by the Flatiron Building, one of the first skyscrapers in New York. It sits on a narrow lot between Broaday and Fifth Avenue. It was built in 1902 to a design by the Chicago architect Daniel Burnham.

6I6B9609 by Alex Barber

NYC - Madison Square Park by Michelangelo Delu'

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Il Fuller Building, meglio noto come Flatiron Building ("ferro da stiro"), con i suoi 86,9 metri di altezza è stato uno tra i più alti edifici di New York sin dal suo completamento nel 1902. Situato a Manhattan, l'edificio fu progettato dall'architetto di Chicago Daniel Burnham in stile Beaux-Arts su un lotto triangolare compreso tra la 23a strada, la Fifth Avenue e Broadway guardando verso il Madison Square Park Conservancy.

New York, Flatiron Building (Daniel Burnham 1902) 10 by J0N6

Manhattan by Dana Laird

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The Non-Pointy end of the Flatiron Building

#Spring in the Flatiron #NYC by Chris Casciano

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Quick snap after leaving the office.

Flatiron District

New York City, NY

Flatiron Along the 5th by B

The Flatiron Building (175 Fifth Avenue); a 20-storey building constructed 1901-2. The architect was Daniel Burnham (1846-1912), of the architectural firm D. H. Burnham & Company.

The building was designed to be the headquarters of the Fuller Company, originally it was named the Fuller Building, but the Flatiron came from a nickname that stuck.

Flatiron Building, perspective by Bill McLaughlin

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The Fuller Building by altmmar89

Flatiron, New York City by S. L.

The Flatiron Building by Paul's Captures (paul-mashburn.artistwebsites.com)

Also known as the Fuller Building, it was the tallest building in New York City in 1902.

At the rounded tip, the triangular tower is only 6.5 feet (2 meters) wide. The 22-story building, with a height of 285 ft (87 meters) and was one of the first buildings constructed using a steel skeletal frame.

The Flatiron Building, Fuller Building, Fifth Avenue between 22nd and 23rd Streets, New York City, Friday October 17, 2008 - 000 by HiMY SYeD