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The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building, [6] is a 22-story, [7] 285-foot-tall (86.9 m) steel-framed triangular building at 175 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
Flatiron Building, aka Fuller Building 1902 built 1966 NYC Landmark 1979 NRHP 1989 NHL Fifth Ave. New York, New York: Designed by Daniel Burnham in Renaissance Revival style. Flat Iron Building (Asheville, North Carolina)
The building is named for its original main occupant, the Fuller Construction Company, which moved from the Flatiron Building. The 40-story building is designed in the Art Deco style and contains numerous setbacks as mandated by the 1916 Zoning Resolution .
After a long-running battle between its owners, and a farcical first public auction, New York’s famous Flatiron Building sold at auction for $161m. Its proprietor tells Bevan Hurley he wants to ...
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The Flatiron Building, seen here in 2010, was originally called the Fuller Building, named after George A. Fuller.. George A. Fuller (October 21, 1851 – December 14, 1900) was an American architect often credited as being the "inventor" of modern skyscrapers and the modern contracting system.
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Designed by D.H. Burnham and Company, the Fuller Building is an important early skyscraper and a New York City landmark. Known as the first great steel-framed building, the exterior of the lower three stories is stone, with the remainder clad in terra cotta. Twenty-one stories high, it is considered the first tall building erected north of city ...