(the) Flatiron Building

(the) Flatiron Building
the Flatiron Building [the Flatiron Building]
a tall, thin office building that was New York’s first ↑skyscraper. It was built in 1902 on ↑Fifth Avenue. The building has one thick end and one narrow, sharp end. It has 22 floors and is 285 feet/87 metres tall. When it was completed, people said it was so tall it might fall over. It still stands today. A flatiron is an old-fashioned iron for pressing clothes.

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