At its completion in 1902, architect D.H. Burnham's 22 ... the “Fuller Building” quickly took on the Flatiron moniker, a nod to the building’s resemblance to an old-fashioned flat iron.
Never the tallest building in the city, the 21-story Flatiron was nonetheless one of the most commanding, taking architectural advantage of its unusual wedge-shaped site to become one of the first ...
the Flatiron Building in New York City looks like an optical illusion. How could a 22-story building look so skinny? Is its narrowest really only 6.5 feet wide? How was this architectural ...