"Owing to the peculiar shape of the 'Flatiron,' the erection of a very tall building has always been regarded as something of an architectural problem, and it is said that the structure now projected will probably not be over twelve stories in height," reads a news item published in the November 27, 1900, issue of The New York Times regarding plans to build an office building on the land, signaling that readers knew the land itself by that title.
Decades before the Empire State Building arrived and over a century before One World Trade was built, the Flatiron was erected in Manhattan. For those outside of the US, the building is a symbol of New York, making it a tourist destination for thousands, even without an observatory deck like other big-name Big Apple structures.
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