Flatiron Building
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 | Flatiron Building |
| Designer | Daniel Burnham |
| Location | New York, New York, USA |
| Date | 1901 to 1902 |
| Building Type | Commercial office tower, Skyscraper |
| Construction System | steel frame, Limestone, Terra Cotta, Brick |
| Climate | Cold Temperate |
| Context | Urban |
| Architectural Style | Chicago Early Modern |
| Street Address | 23rd Street, Broadway, & 5th Avenue, New York, New York; also known as Fuller Building Walk Score |
| Notes | triangular plan. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Flatiron_Building.html |
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Flatiron Building is ambiguous. It could refer to any of the following buildings:
- Flatiron Building, Auburn, New York
- Flatiron Building, Bellingham, Washington
- Flatiron Building, Fort Worth, Texas
- Flatiron Building, Grand Forks, North Dakota
- Flatiron Building, Portland, Oregon
- Flatiron Building, Toronto, Ontario
- Flatiron Building
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| National Register of Historic Places | |
| Name | Flatiron Building |
| ID Number | 79001603 |
| NRHP Status | Listed In The National Register |
| Certification Date | 11/20/1979 |
| Level of Significance | National |
| NRHP Documents | Text (pdf) ; Photos (pdf) |
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Considered the oldest remaining skyscraper in New York, the Flatiron Building is 285 feet (87 meters) tall.
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- 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
[edit] External Links
http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/79001603.nl.pdf
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