The Flatiron Building to Become a New York Residential Dream

The Flatiron Building separates Broadway & the 5th Avenue of New York City
The Flatiron Building, Broadway & Fifth Avenue, New York City

The Flatiron Building, an iconic symbol of The New Yorker Life, has recently been sold at auction for the second time. This triangular-shaped marvel, standing tall at the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Avenue, is now poised for a potential transformation. But before we delve into its future, let’s take a step back and appreciate its rich history and architectural grandeur.

Historical Background of The Flatiron Building

The Flatiron Building, originally known as the Fuller Building, was completed in 1902. It was the brainchild of the Fuller Company, a major player in the city’s real estate scene at the time. Over the years, the building changed hands multiple times, each transition adding a new layer to its storied history.

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New York City Architectural Photography

New York City Architecture and Architectural Photography in New York City by Duygu Tüntaş

Photography is a highly used communication method in architecture that gives us remote access to the natural and constructed environments and the ideas that enable creating them. Photography’s coincidence with architecture needs no discussion as architecture is ‘ideally stable’1 and is becoming a frequent photography subject. However, there is still a gap that waits to be filled with exploratory ways in relating these two.

Architectural photography as a critical practice can mediate creating new ideas on space, time, and architecture. It becomes a means to study forms, materials, and life through the transcription of light. While making these qualities visible, photography can lead us to think differently about our environments by creating a rapture in how we recollect those spaces.

I had a visual-conceptual plan in creating this project. I selected famous architectural locations in Manhattan and brought those diverse atmospheres together with certain visual commonalities. I aspired to push the fixed qualities in architectural photography. Instead of clarity, soft light, and tranquility, I looked for ambiguities, high-contrast, and dynamism.

In the photographs, the sharpness of building geometries is softened and emphasized through the city’s dynamism. The black-and-white enhances the built form and highlights how people’s use and movement transform those spaces. Silhouettes, shadows, motion, and reflections create a common ground within all that differs, and, through them, multilayered instances emerge for further readings and recollections.

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All the Buildings in New York: That I’ve Drawn So Far

All the Buildings in New York: That I've Drawn So Far by James Gulliver Hancock

This book is a love letter to New York City, told through James Gulliver Hancock’s unique and charming drawings of the city’s diverse architectural styles and cityscape. Order your copy on Amazon.

In his illustrated book, James Gulliver Hancock shows us what we see walking down the streets of New York; the extraordinary, charming, breathtaking architecture of the city. Each drawing is highly detailed and simple at the same time. It becomes more alive as you closely examine the details.

There’s simply no better gift for NYC lovers, or children before their first trip to the Big Apple. You can order “All the Buildings in New York: That I’ve Drawn So Far” on Amazon.

All the Buildings in New York: That I've Drawn So Far by James Gulliver Hancock
All the Buildings in New York: That I've Drawn So Far by James Gulliver Hancock
All the Buildings in New York: That I've Drawn So Far by James Gulliver Hancock
All the Buildings in New York: That I've Drawn So Far by James Gulliver Hancock

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