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Flatiron Building
Sitting on the intersection where Fifth Avenue and Broadway cross, the
Flatiron Building (originally named the Fuller Building) remains one of
New York City’s most popular and memorable structures. Today it is
difficult to imagine the controversy this architectural landmark created
on its completion in 1902.
Ifoundmyselfagapeadmiringasky-scraper
ploughing up through the traffic of Broadway
andFifthAvenueintheafternoonlight
H. G. Wells, 1906
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