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Flatiron Building

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Triangular Wedge Tower

The Flatiron Building is a 22 story, 93.6 meter steel framed triangular building at 175 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City, designed by Daniel Burnham and Frederick P. Dinkelberg and opened in 1902. It occupies a triangular block formed by Fifth Avenue, Broadway and East 22nd Street, coming to a narrow point at its back on East 22nd Street, and its name comes from its triangular shape, said to recall a cast iron clothes iron.

Facts
Building Type
Office Tower 1
Location
Manhattan, New York City, United States 1
Completed Year
1902 1
Height (m)
93.6 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Tower 1
Connections

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Tower, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Source Wikipedia: Flatiron Building
Source Wikipedia: Flatiron Building

Uses Element

Source Wikipedia: Flatiron Building
Source Wikipedia: Flatiron Building
Source Wikipedia: Flatiron Building
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1. Wikipedia: Flatiron Building
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  • Lead paragraph, opening sentence describing the 22-story steel-framed triangular building
    is a 22-story, 307-foot-tall (93.6 m) steel-framed triangular building at 175 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, US.
  • Second paragraph, sentence giving the October 1, 1902 opening
    Construction proceeded rapidly, and the building opened on October 1, 1902
  • Lead paragraph, opening sentence giving its 307-foot (93.6 m) height
    is a 22-story, 307-foot-tall (93.6 m) steel-framed triangular building
  • Lead paragraph, opening sentence naming Manhattan, New York City
    at 175 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, US.
  • Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
    The Flatiron Building is a 22 story, 93.6 meter steel framed triangular building at 175 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City, designed by Daniel Burnham and Frederick P. Dinkelberg and opened in 1902. It occupies a triangular block formed by Fifth Avenue, Broadway and East 22nd Street, coming to a narrow point at its back on East 22nd Street, and its name comes from its triangular shape, said to recall a cast iron clothes iron.
  • Uses Element: Steel, Introduction
    a 22-story, 307-foot-tall (93.6 m) steel-framed triangular building
  • Uses Element: Limestone, Introduction
    The three-story base is clad with limestone
  • Uses Element: Terracotta, Introduction
    the upper stories are clad with glazed terracotta
  • In Style: Chicago School, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Chicago school architecture in New York (state)
  • In Style: Renaissance Revival architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Renaissance Revival architecture in New York City
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