Instead of trying to mask the problem, he emphasised and magnified the very feature which> presented the difficulty. The ground lot was an unusual triangular shape, a difficulty Burnham turned into a challenge which would unite the past and the future. It is often practical problems that lead designers to come up with strange and astonishing solutions and so it was for the Flatiron. To the first incredulous observers its shape resembling a ship heading Uptown was disconcerting. Since the time of its construction, it has been viewed as an example of pure modernity and, at the same time, of tradition and continuity with the past. Early sketches by Daniel Burnham show a design with an (unexecuted) clockface and a far more elaborate crown than in the actual building.The Flatiron has become a symbol of New York and twentieth century civilisation as a whole.
Unlike New York's early skyscrapers, which took the form of towers arising from a lower, blockier mass, such as the contemporary Singer Building (1902–1908), the Flatiron Building epitomizes the Chicago school conception: like a classical Greek column, its facade of limestone at the bottom changing to glazed terra-cotta as the floors rise) is divided into a base, shaft and capital. The Flatiron Building was designed by Chicago's Daniel Burnham as a vertical Renaissance palazzo with Beaux-Arts styling. The neighborhood around the building is called the Flatiron District after its signature building, which has become an icon of New York. The building sits on a triangular island block at 23rd Street, Fifth Avenue, and Broadway, anchoring the south (downtown) end of Madison Square. Upon completion in 1902 it was one of the tallest buildings in New York City.
The Flatiron Building, or Fuller Building as it was originally called, is located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, and is considered to be one of the first skyscrapers ever built.
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