Flatiron Building
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Architect Daniel Burnham
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Location New York, New York   map
Date 1902   timeline
Building Type commercial office tower, skyscraper
 Construction System steel frame
Climate temperate
Context urban
Style Chicago Early Modern
Notes triangular plan.
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Discussion Flatiron Building Commentary

Considered the oldest remaining skyscraper in New York, the Flatiron Building is 285 feet (87 meters) tall.

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at 23rd Street, Broadway, & 5th Avenue, New York, New York

Resources
Sources on Flatiron Building

Chicago and New York. NA 735.CAC38 1984. p22.

Howard Davis. Slide from photographer's collection. PCD.2260.1012.1702.058.

Judith Dupre. Skyscrapers. Black Dog and Leventhal, June, 1996. ISBN 1-8848-2245-2. — A fun and informative gift book in skyscraper format, 18" tall and 7.5" wide, with perfect pictures and key information on tallest buildings over the decades. Available at Amazon.com

Thomas S. Hines. Burnham of Chicago: Architect and Planner. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. NA737.B85H56. LC74-79625. plan drawing of typical floor, p290.

Kevin Matthews, University of Oregon. Slide from photographer's collection, August 1992. PCD.3189.1011.1916.029.

Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com


 

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