The Flatiron: The New York Landmark and the Incomparable City That Arose with It

"The Story of an Iconic Building That Changed History" according to Frederick S. Goethel. Even to this day, people look at the Flatiron Building and marvel that it could be and was built. It is a triangular building on a small parcel of land that at one time was a major intersection in the City of New York. It is iconic for a number of reasons.it was the first true modern skyscraper, it awed people that it didn't blow over due to the very weird shape and size and it was, at one time, in a very prestigious New York neighborhood.This book covers the story of not just the building, but also of how the building came to be and t. "Fascinating Story Of A Building" according to R PRIUS. It is a little difficult to categorize this book because it accomplishes so much. It is part urban history, a portrait of a great city, a chronicle/personal history of its owners and builders, and an early history of 20th skyscrapers with this specific building as its focal point.The Flatiron was designed and constructed on an odd parcel of land in a then desirable Manhattan location at the dawn of the 20th century. The author breaks down the building's design and construction in detail and tells the story of the real estate moguls, ar. "Flatiron history" according to Ralph L. Reiley. Good book about the author's personal connection to the Flat Iron Blgg.

She has been an editor of Lilith magazine and written for The New York Times and Newsday, among others. in classics from Fordham University. ALICE SPARBERG ALEXIOU is the author of Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary. She is a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and has a Ph.D. She lives in New York.

--Brendan Driscoll . Wells, “ploughs up traffic” at the intersection of Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and 23rd Street in Manhattan, has been known to most people as the Flatiron. G. As shown by Alexiou, whose grandfather was once a co-owner of the building, the history of the Flatiron is a tale as much about architectural innovation as it is about the larger-than-life personalities who designed and financed the 22-story landmark. From Booklist Its official name is the Fuller Building, but for

Black's was the country's largest real estate firm, constructing Macy's department store, and soon after the Plaza Hotel, the Savoy Hotel, and many other iconic buildings in New York as well as in other cities across the country. The marvelous story of the Flatiron: the instantly recognizable building that signaled the start of a new era in New York history.Critics hated it. It was a time when Madison Square Park shifted from a promenade for rich women to one for gay prostitutes; when photography became an art; motion pictures came into existence; the booming economy suffered increasing depressions; jazz came to the forefront of popular music--and all within steps of one of the city's best-known and best-loved buildings.. But even before it was completed, the Flatiron Building had become an unforgettable part of New York City. The public feared it would topple over. The company's president, Harry Black, was never able to make the public call the Flatiron the Fuller Building, however. With an ostentatious lifestyle that drew constant media scrutiny, Black made a fortune only to meet a tragic, untimely end.In The Flatiron, Alice Sparberg Alexiou chronicles not just the story of the building but the heady times in New York at