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The Flatiron Effect: An Icon of New York’s Past and Future
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The Flatiron Effect: An Icon of New York’s Past and Future

How One Triangular Marvel Stole the Heart of Manhattan—and the World

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Sep 24, 2024
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Flatiron Building, New York City, NY, USA
Flatiron Building, New York City, NY, USA

Standing on the bustling intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway, with New York’s skyscrapers rising around me, I found myself face-to-face with a peculiar sight—the Flatiron Building, a 22-story wedge of architecture that’s as much a personality as it is a structure. The way it pierced the skyline with its nar…

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