FLATIRON BUILDING
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One of New York's oldest and most iconic buildings, with its shape reminiscent of an iron.
This building, designed by Chicago School star Daniel Burnham (1846-1912), with its oblong, triangular shape reminiscent of an iron, gives its name to the neighborhood: the Flatiron District. Although it may not look like much today, especially when compared to the monstrous skyscrapers of Midtown, the Flatiron is quite remarkable, and a visit to New York is inconceivable without a glance at this building, which has been part of the New York setting for so long, like a benevolent grandfather, full of wisdom and restraint. Standing on the south side of Madison Square Park, at the corner of Broadway and 5th Avenue, it is one of New York's most iconic buildings (it is featured in a scene from Spiderman and regularly in cutaways in the TV series Friends). It's hard to believe that this 22-storey, 87-metre-high building was once one of the city's tallest. The Flatiron, originally named the Fuller Building after the company that owned it, was built in 1902 and is one of the oldest skyscrapers still standing in New York. It caused quite a stir when it was inaugurated, and there were even fears that it might collapse in the wind. New Yorkers even took bets on which way the building would fall! Once home to offices (until 2019), including publishing houses, it is currently being renovated and will soon be transformed into luxury residences.
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