Let's rate the famous Flatiron Building.

The Stats

Height: 87m/ 285 ft
Floors: 21
Year: 1902
Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company
The Flatiron Building has Landmark status.

23 Skidoo

The building's cultural legacy is a little more interesting and has passed into the local social consciousness as a fable. It is said that the building created unusual eddies in the wind which would cause women's skirts to fly around as they walked on 23rd street. This attracted throngs of young men who gathered to view the barelegged spectacle. Police would try to disperse these knots of heavy-breathers by calling to them, "23 Skidoo." This phrase has passed out of common usage, but its descendant, the word "scram" remains in a back corner of the American lexicon.

The Pictures

http://www.remarkablephotos.com/images/22.jpg

http://members.aol.com/karasevas/photos/broadx5.jpg

http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo4/flatiron.jpg

http://www.evanizer.com/photos/photographs/flatiron.jpg

http://www.obelus.com/giffs/flatiron.jpeg

http://www.fredstein.com/flatiron.jpg

http://www.uh.edu/engines/flat-tip.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/pjw/ny3/flatiron_details.jpg

http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC_Images/677.jpg

http://www.kruegerphoto.com/images/photo33.jpg

http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/US/NY/NYC/FlatironBuilding-001.JPG

9/10

It's alright - 'bout the height of my app building in Russia.
Though I give it 8/10 because it's pretty ;)

6.5/10 I don't really like triangular buildings.

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It isn't triangular. It does not have 3 points. It is curved!

Beauty....9.5

8/10 one of the most interesting NY classics..

9/10

It's a classic building.

8.5/10

I always see this building on TV. What a treasure!

What a beautiful tower!

9.5/10

One of my favorites in Ny

9.5/10..One of my favorites. Considering it was built in 1902 it looks very good. It also has that very interesting 23 Skidoo story.

Pure excellence , 10/10

That is a great building!

8.5!

9.5/10

Beautiful! The stonework is just mesmerizing. What a classic. I think this is among my most favorite buildings anywhere. Adds so much character to the NYC landscape.... to any landscape.

NEOGOTHIC !!!!! 10/10

10/10 Easy

This is a classic one and only that deserves a 10/10

Very neet, I love it. 8.5/10. Very interesting in archieture and tall!!! :moods: :moods:

9/10
Intresting building because of it's unusual shape and detailed stonework.
:)

10/10

Flat out amazing!

10/10

my favorite type...9.5/10

Lovely and charmingly odd building that needs to be cherished for many years to come.

a classic id say;)
10/10

10/10


An icon and an amazing tower.

Awesome, 9/10

8,5 / 10 it's a classic it looks really neat

this building's got a really cool appeal to it. and for an old building it sure looks abstract (what's the chance of finding abstract architecture in skyscrapers that old?)

sux that it was never nyc's tallest. too bad they never tried to beat park row building.

9.5

The flatiron is one of new yorks treasures, it is one of the most popular posters in the world.

isn't that the building where chucky killed a babysitter with a hammer and she fell out of the window?? (child's play movie)

My fav. (Could you guess?)

10/10

Chucky threw the babysitter out the window of the fabulous Brewster Apartment House in Chicago. It's a Romanesque classic with a famous "birdcage" interior. Not as tall as the Flatiron, but I think about 15 years older (?)

10/10. Beautiful!

9,5/10 there is a tower u.c. in eindhoven (The Netherlands) that really looks like the flatorion, they should build more towers like this: http://www.centrumprojecten.eindhoven.nl/smalle_haven/images/content/toren_sh.jpg

10/10

Sooo weird, sooooo cool.

9/10. Historic landmark.

5/10

Charming. Just says NYC all over it! Needs more pics though, the current ones are really bad.

23 Skidoo

The building's cultural legacy is a little more interesting and has passed into the local social consciousness as a fable. It is said that the building created unusual eddies in the wind which would cause women's skirts to fly around as they walked on 23rd street. This attracted throngs of young men who gathered to view the barelegged spectacle. Police would try to disperse these knots of heavy-breathers by calling to them, "23 Skidoo." This phrase has passed out of common usage, but its descendant, the word "scram" remains in a back corner of the American lexicon.

Never knew the building was such a pimp.

8.5/10

The rim around the top is cool. It also has detail which will never get any box structure more than a 6.

Very beautiful!!
9/10
:happy:

9/10

the best!!! 10/10

9.5...would have given it a 10, but they took the design from Atlanta's Flatiron building, which was built 5 years before the on in NYC. :(

See here:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/atlanta/buildings/eng2.jpg

I like it but I think it is too thin. 8.5/10

7/10

So many architectural influences are at work in this building. It's an absolute 10/10.

10/10

10 will be here long after all of us have gone.

very romantic building 9.5/10

OH YA BABY!!!! YA GOTTA LOVE IT 10

10/10

Landmark of skyscrapers, 8/10

:drool: 10/10

9/10

A classic. 9.5/10

Excellent classic. Probably the oldest building in ROT. 10/10 of course :cool:

10/10

The ultimate NY classic. Although it is a rip off from atlanta's flatiron, this one is perfectionised till the details.
So 9.5/10 :)

10/10 -- got to respect that...

9/10

that building is simply great. it's pure history!! 9/10

Amazing! i extremely like all of the little details on the building.....10/10!

10

7/10

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=flatironbuilding-newyorkcity-ny-usa

http://www.emporis.com/files/transfer/sixwm/2004/05/267541.jpg

10/10

10/10 :okay:

interesting...

8,5/10

10/10

Certainly the most elegant of its time.

10/10 great history and a real classic, if only they made them like this nowadays

awesome buidling.
9,5/10

This tower is beautifull, 10/10

9/10

9/10 nice :cheers:

I don't like the old architecture but this one is an exception. 10/10 of course :okay:.

10 / 10

I love that building....10/10

classic! 10

A-W-E-S-O-M-E

10/10!!!!

8/10

8/10

i (L) that building!!!! 10/10!!!!!

Icon ! Age!

10/10

9/10, iconic building.

10. Excellent building. Regards.

I give the Flatiron a 9.5. My grandmother used to tell me how she remembered the construction of the Flatiron and how everyone in NYC was fascinated by the building. She was only about 10 years old when the building opened so I imagine she must have lived nearby. I used to ask her to show me where she grew up, but her house had been torn down. I wish I had asked more questions.

10/10

10/10 classic

10/10 no doubt about

Let's rate the famous Flatiron Building.

The Stats

Height: 87m/ 285 ft
Floors: 21
Year: 1902
Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company
The Flatiron Building has Landmark status.

23 Skidoo

The building's cultural legacy is a little more interesting and has passed into the local social consciousness as a fable. It is said that the building created unusual eddies in the wind which would cause women's skirts to fly around as they walked on 23rd street. This attracted throngs of young men who gathered to view the barelegged spectacle. Police would try to disperse these knots of heavy-breathers by calling to them, "23 Skidoo." This phrase has passed out of common usage, but its descendant, the word "scram" remains in a back corner of the American lexicon.

The Pictures

http://www.remarkablephotos.com/images/22.jpg

http://members.aol.com/karasevas/photos/broadx5.jpg

http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo4/flatiron.jpg

http://www.evanizer.com/photos/photographs/flatiron.jpg

http://www.obelus.com/giffs/flatiron.jpeg

http://www.fredstein.com/flatiron.jpg

http://www.uh.edu/engines/flat-tip.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/pjw/ny3/flatiron_details.jpg

http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC_Images/677.jpg

http://www.kruegerphoto.com/images/photo33.jpg

http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/US/NY/NYC/FlatironBuilding-001.JPG

9/10

voted 8/10

9.5

There aren't very many Burnham buildings left. Certainly not in NYC. It's rare - there aren't very many old "Chicago school" skyscrapers in New York City. It's certainly iconic. And it's one of the oldest existing skyscrapers in the world. It's also reasonably attractive.

9.5/10

9/10

10/10

7/10

simple, beauty and classic 10/10

10/10