Iconic Flat Iron Building - NYC
by Dora Sofia Caputo
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Iconic Flat Iron Building - NYC
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Dora Sofia Caputo
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
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Iconic Flat Iron Building - NYC - By Dora Sofia Caputo
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 one of only two "skyscrapers" north of 14th Street – the other being the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, one block east. The building sits on a triangular block formed by Fifth Avenue, Broadway, and East 22nd Street – where the building's 87-foot (27 m) back end is located – with East 23rd Street grazing the triangle's northern (uptown) peak. As with numerous other wedge-shaped buildings, the name "Flatiron" derives from its resemblance to a cast-iron clothes iron.
The building, which has been called "one of the world's most iconic skyscrapers and a quintessential symbol of New York City", anchors the south (downtown) end of Madison Square and the north (uptown) end of the Ladies' Mile Historic District. The neighborhood around it is called the Flatiron District after its signature building, which has become an icon of New York City. The Flatiron Building was designated a New York City landmark in 1966, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989.
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Dora Sofia Caputo
Thanks so very much Judy for the feature in your great Group USA Photographers ONLY.
Dora Sofia Caputo
Thank you Patricia for the feature in your great Group Art and Photography Submissions to PKA.
Dora Sofia Caputo
Thank you Kathi for the feature in your great Group Mid-Atlantic States of the USA.
Jenny Revitz Soper
BRAVO! Your artwork has earned a FEATURE on the homepage of the FAA Artist Group No Place Like Home, 11/24/2020! You may also post it in the Group's Features discussion thread and any other thread that fits! l/f
Dora Sofia Caputo
Thanks so much, Robert, for the feature in your great Group Your Very Best Photography.