▲ South side of the Flatiron Building ▲
Most everyone pays attention to the north side (understandably) but the south side is pretty cool as well.
The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building is a triangular 22-story, 285-foot (87 m) tall steel-framed landmarked building locatedat the intersection of Broadway and 175 Fifth avenue on 23rd street, about 10 blocks south of the Empire State Building.
When famed architect Daniel Burnham’s design for the George A. Fuller’s company’s office building was completed in 1902, it was named after Fuller himself, the Fuller building. But, New Yorkers gave this building a name of their own, the Flatiron Building, because of its similarity to the household appliance, a flat iron.
With the intersection of Broadway and 5th Avenue forming a triangle, there was no room for a traditionally shaped building if the developer wanted to use all of the real estate available.
└─► The north side of the Flatiron
└─► The Flatiron Clock
