Posted on 08/07/2025 2:39:29 PM PDT by Beowulf9
After more than a century in the shadows, NYC’s most famous triangle is finally getting its glow-up
For more than a century, the Flatiron Building has been one of New York’s most photographed landmarks, without ever putting on a proper nighttime show. That’s about to change.
When the 307-foot Beaux-Arts beauty unveils its restored exterior later this year, it will debut something it’s never had in its 123-year history: exterior lighting. Thanks to a newly approved plan by design studio L’Observatoire International, the wedge-shaped wonder at Fifth Avenue, Broadway and 23rd Street will finally shine like its fellow skyline icons.
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FINALLY!
RE: Flatiron Building Will Light Up...
The employees and residents have been lighting up since New York’s marijuana legalization in 2021. If not sneaking it before that.
It’s one thin slice of pie.
Bravo!
Yay! 💡✨
THIS is exciting. Thanks for posting.
I remember reading when it was first built, people didn’t think it was logically possible to build a structure that tall, vertical and thin. They were afraid to walk near it for fear it would tumble down on them.
Did the owners finally stop fighting over it?
I don’t blame them. Looks like it could blow over from a strong gust of wind.
Good thing NYC isn’t prone to earthquakes.
161/38 = 4.23 million for apartment. Just for the cost of renovation.
I guess, it is out of my range.
But I am glad they did it!
This has been US landmark for 120 years. It deserves to be restored.
“The Landmarks Preservation Commission has signed off on a scheme.... “
You have to go to a ten person commission, and go through a New York permitting process to put lights on your building. They probably get paid handsomely, and that doesn’t include bribes.
No wonder New York is a failed city.
❤️
Would love to be there to see it light up.
Now we do this:
Beautiful!
Hubby and I love this building.
LOL.
Beautiful. Oh to be there ‘then’.
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