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Portrait photograph of the Flatiron Building rising from the triangular block

History

A steel-frame wedge in historic dress.

Daniel Burnham, Frederick P. Dinkelberg, the Fuller Company, Madison Square, and the landmark protections that kept the prow intact.

Design read

Beaux-Arts ornament over a modern steel-frame idea.

1902

Built

285 ft

Height

1966

NYC Landmark

D. H. Burnham & Co.; Daniel Burnham and Frederick P. Dinkelberg

The Chicago School's skyscraper experience, translated into a difficult Manhattan triangle.

Beaux-Arts steel-frame triangular skyscraper

French Renaissance / Beaux-Arts surface detail on an early steel-frame skyscraper.

1901

Fuller Company moves on the triangular site

The Fuller Company assembled the Fifth Avenue, Broadway, and 22nd Street parcel for a headquarters that would turn an awkward block into a skyline symbol.

1902

A steel-frame skyscraper opens

The building opened as the Fuller Building, designed by D. H. Burnham & Co. Utilizing a revolutionary steel frame cage that supported non-load-bearing curtain limestone and terra-cotta walls, it rose to 285 feet. Its unique triangular aerodynamics created famous downdrafts known in NYC lore as 'the 23rd Street breeze'.

1966

NYC landmark protection

The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Flatiron Building as LP-0219 on September 20, 1966.

1979 / 1989

National recognition

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1989.

2023-2026

Office-to-residential conversion

The Brodsky Organization, Sorgente Group, and partners advanced a private-residence conversion with Studio Sofield interiors.

Photo references

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Every image is carefully sourced and credited to its original historical record.

Historic 1910 view of the Flatiron Building at the junction of Broadway and Fifth Avenue
Public domainFlatiron Building, 1910

Irving Underhill / Shorpy upload via Wikimedia Commons

Modern vertical view of the Flatiron Building from Broadway and Fifth Avenue
CC BY-SA 2.0Broadway and Fifth Avenue wedge

chrisinphilly5448

Close view of sculptural ornament on the Flatiron Building facade
Public Domain MarkFacade ornament close-up

chrisinphilly5448

Portrait photograph of the Flatiron Building rising from the triangular block
CC BY 3.02012 portrait

Jean-Christophe BENOIST

Circa 1903 Library of Congress view of the Fuller Building, now called the Flatiron Building
Public domainFuller Building, circa 1903

Unknown author / Library of Congress

Fine art black and white aerial photograph of the Flatiron Building wedge in Manhattan
All Rights Reserved / Official Archival RecordBlack & White Aerial View

Andrew Prokos

Rare 1902 photograph of the Flatiron Building under construction with exposed steel framing
Historical Archival Record1902 Steel Frame Construction

History101 Archives

1952 mid-century high-altitude aerial view of the Flatiron Building and Madison Square Park
Historical Archival Record1952 Mid-Century Aerial

History101 Archives