Flatiron Building - Skyscrapers of New York

The Flatiron Building and intersection of 5th Avenue and Broadway, in New York City. The 200 Fifth Avenue Building, completed in 1909, is on the right. Photograph taken in October 1952 by Angelo Rizzuto (1906-1967). Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Flatiron Building was designated a New York City landmark in 1966. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places, in 1979, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989.

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