Flat Iron facade, a photo from New York, Northeast

Photographer's Note

On a day with a rare deep-blue NYC sky, I took a walk around the famous Flat Iron building and photographed it from several different angles. Of course, the head-on view, showing the slender front of the building, is the most popular POV, but I really loved the details on the facade of the building, and here is the western side, looking up from street-level. In the workshop, there is another view showing the western side and front tip.

The Flat Iron Building was completed in 1902, and it stands on a trinagular block between East 23rd Street, Broadway, and Fifth Avenue. It is in the Beaux Arts style, with a limestone and glazed terra-cotta facade. At the front tip of the building, it is only 2 meters (6.5 feet) wide.

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npecanhuk (79329) 2008-05-25 16:06

Hi Brenda!
Very nice picture, with a different angle (as you said) from this well-known building all over the world!
I like very much all the details it has on its façade!
TFS - Congratulations!
Greetings from Brazil,
Neyvan Peçanhuk

josepmarin (59385) 2008-05-26 12:10

Hi Brenda,
First, congratulations! This one is your 100th post in TE. You have reached a milestone that initially seems to be impossible.
And on your photo, what I can say on this wonderful building, only that you show us one of its fronts more unpublished, in an excellent setting that it allows us to enjoy the rich decoration of its architecture. The architect Daniel Burnham created a work of art.
We all take the photo of this building directly, on its thinner face, for as this reason I think that it is a magnificent photo, I like much.
Best regards from Barcelona, my friend,
Josep

olivierduc (293) 2008-06-01 3:32

Hi Brenda,
Great sunny shot, it is indeed a very uncommon view of the Flat Iron building, you can notice the not-so-touristic details like all the AC boxes! Too bad the shot isn't exactly centered. Anyway good idea to show this view.
Olivier.

batalay (41261) 2010-07-29 17:14

Hello Dear Brenda, it is nice to be back at Trekearth.

I like this shot very much (it appeared in the 'random order' in which you've arranged your overview page. It appears like a mathematical matrix, with the elements quivering, or perhaps evocative of an IPhone, when the icons for various apps vibrate in place. I've been reading a book called "The Devil in the White City," about the Chicago World's Fair and the first "sky scraper." It must have been built, in 1885, with 10 stories and rising to 138 feet. I can see how New Yorkers would have vowed to top that edifice in this city of "upstarts."

Warm regards,

Bulent

macjake (98544) 2012-04-24 9:44

Hi Brenda
its funny how no matter how often we go through a gallery of photo's there are always some that are missed - here we have another.
its aslo interesting how sunlight can change the look of a building....i clearly remember this Flat Iron as a dark grey or almost a brown! here it looks like silver!
guess the lighting is so strong on it.
and in closer examination, its comical to see all the air conditioning units!
cool looking shot.
see you around.
cheers
craig

PaulVDV (63460) 2020-05-08 11:05

Hello Brenda,
Too bad I missed the Flatiron Building when I was in NYC.
Actually, I did see the building and also walked around it. But there were scaffolding on different sides and nowhere it seemed worth taking a picture.
You've made a remarkable choice here by not showing the photo of the WS as the main upload.
The weather and the light were favorable to you.
Attractive view upwards showing us the details very well.
Best regards, Paul