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Flatiron Building

The name came from a household tool

History · 🇺🇸 New York · one place, one stop

Flatiron Building, New York+35 pts
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When it opened in 1902, this 22-story steel-framed building was still called the Fuller Building. New Yorkers soon named it for the clothes iron it resembled, and that nickname spread to the surrounding district. Its limestone base and glazed terra-cotta façade taper to a sharp Fifth Avenue point.

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