The Flatiron Building
The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building is on 175th Street in Manhattan. It was the tallest skyscraper in 1902 (so I guess I have a thing for reaallyy tall buildings). As you may have noticed, 'Flatiron' is quite a curious name so to unveil that mystery, it earned this name for itself because of its resemblance to a clothes hanger. As you can see from that incredible oil painting I found, The Flatiron Building is triangular and on the corner of the street.
In a funny story, the shape of the building provides a cross breeze in such a way that if a woman wearing a skirt or dress crosses it, naturally it will just blow with the wind, revealing certain things that shouldn't be seen :p This gave birth to the phrase "23 Skidoo" because policemen had to be stationed around that corner in order to remove the men waiting around to get a glimpse at the skirts being blown.
The Flatiron Building is also popular as it is shown during the scene transitions of television shows such as (my personal favorite) Friends and also because it was depicted as the office of J. Jonah Jameson and Peter Parker in the Spiderman movies, yes none other than the Daily Bugle Headquarters. There ware also a few scenes in White Collar where Neal Caffrey has covert meetings with Peter Burke and Mozzie.
In a funny personal story, I could say that I nearly banged my head into the traffic lights (slightly visible in the background) trying to click the perfect picture of the Flatiron :p
I was actually standing on a moving double deck tour bus (I didnt realise we werent supposed to stand or that it could be dangerous) :p
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