Manhattan’s iconic Flatiron Building, shrouded in a century of soot and decades of scaffolding, will finally see the light.
The triangular landmark – the Big Apple’s first skyscraper at the junction of Fifth Avenue, Broadway and East 23rd Street – will glow top and bottom for the first time in its 123-year history when the former office building reopens later this year as luxury condo apartments, Realty Check has learned.
The exterior lighting scheme, shown for the first time in a rendering obtained exclusively by Realty Check, won the blessing of the Landmarks Preservation Commission for the illumination by design studio L’Observatoire International.
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