Research Catalog

Title

The Flatiron : the New York landmark and the incomparable city that arose with it / Alice Sparberg Alexiou.

Author

Alexiou, Alice Sparberg, 1951-

Publication

New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2010.

Holdings

Details

Description

xxi, 298 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

Tells the story of the construction of the Flatiron Building in New York City within the context of the times in which it was built in the early twentieth century.

Subject

• Architecture > New York > History > 19th century
• Architecture > New York > History
• City and town life > New York > History > 19th century
• Flatiron Building (New York, N.Y.) > History
• New York (N.Y.) > Biography
• New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc
• New York (N.Y.) > History > 1865-1898
• New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century
• Office buildings > New York > History > 19th century
• Tall buildings > New York > History > 19th century
• Technological innovations > History > New York > 19th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

George Allon Fuller -- Eno's Flatiron -- Chicago's gift -- Preparing to build -- Bigger and bigger -- The Skyscraper trust -- The Flatiron opens for business -- 23 Skiddoo -- Water and wind -- Allon -- Uptown -- Sur le Flat-Iron -- The big landlord.

ISBN

• 9780312384685 (alk. paper)
• 0312384688 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009045771