There’s no telling which beautiful detail will first catch your eye when you step up to the Flat Iron Hotel. As with many surviving buildings of its time, the 1926 structure in downtown Asheville brims with period-specific charm. You’ll probably notice the building’s striking wedge shape and the stylistic details that an expert would dub Beaux-Arts motifs. Perhaps you’ll spot the illuminated glass blocks at the sidewalk entrance to Luminosa, the in-house Italian eatery off the first-floor lobby. Or marvel at the pink marble cladding on the grand staircase. It may be that the steps to the subterranean speakeasy, worn in the center from a century of foot traffic, will linger in your memory. Whichever element…..