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|  Glass Flatiron Building Ornament Imported from Europe, this hand silvered and painted blown glass ornament from Landmark Creations measures at just under 4" tall.
Beautifully gift boxed in the famously sturdy and decorative Red Landmark Creations box. Sure to keep this heirloom safe for generations to come.
Back in 1902, the sight of New York's first skyscraper - standing a perilous 22 stories tall - both fascinated and unsettled passers-by. For women, there was extra anxiety because the updrafts around the building were notorious for blowing skirt hems skyward. (On the other hand, many men viewed the gusts as a racy side-benefit of modern architecture. Before long, the police code for dispersing gawkers there, "23-Skidoo," even entered common parlance.) One way or another, the Flatiron has always been an attention-grabber. Designed by Daniel H. Burnham, it is a blend of Gothic and Renaissance motifs divided stylistically into three parts, akin to a Greek column. Of course, its shape rather than its decoration is what makes it so distinctive: situated on a triangular sliver of land, the building is only six feet wide at its narrow end. It was originally named the Fuller Building, after its ambitious owners. However, the owners soon had to resign themselves to the fact that their building was gaining fame, but not for them. The public would persist in calling it what it looked like: a flatiron.
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