Flatiron Building, Manhattan, New York

1. History
2. Construction
3. Todays World

Flatiron Building is located in Manhattan, on 5th ave and 23rd street New York. the building was completed in 1902, by Chicago's Daniels Burhams, which was his first ever building in new york that he designed. it is a triangular steel building. Unlike, People consider New York city the city of skyscrapers, but it wasn't like that back in 1900. Therefore, upon the completion of the building, it was considered the tallest building of 20 stories tall, in New York City. Until the empire state building and more came along.

Later in 1966, the Flatiron building was characterized as the New York City Landmark and "added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979." However, the site on which the Building is standing was brought back in 1857 by Amos Eno, who later build the fifth ave hotel on 24th and 23rd street in Manhatten.

The constructions began in 1901 and completed in June 1902. The building was completed in a very short amount of time because of the steel was meticulously pre-cut, which helped the frame went up at a very fast rate for each floor and each floor was completed in every week. hence, in February1902, the steel frame was completed and later in may of 1902 the building was covered by terra-cotta tilling. until June the building was completed in a year.

Luckily, today's world flatiron building is one of the most photographed buildings in the world. It is one of the symbols of New York. Currently, its an office building for some of the well-known companies such as Henry Holt and Company etc.

New York City is one of the world Diverse city. where people are coming from all parts of the world and want to visit these historic sites.

source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building