# Flatiron Building and Street Scene October 8th 1902 New York City

This shows a view looking south from Madison Square, across the intersection of Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and Twenty-third Street, to the famous Fuller (or "Flatiron") Building. The cameraman elevates his camera, going from street level to the roof. Designed by D.H. Burnham and Company, the Fuller Building is an important early skyscraper and a New York City landmark. Known as the first great steel-framed building, the exterior of the lower three stories is stone, with the remainder clad in terra cotta. Twenty-one stories high, it is considered the first tall building erected north of city hall. Its completion in 1902 marked the beginning of New York City's first skyscraper era.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1902
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 4June1903; H32387.
- Genres: Silent
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flatiron_Building_and_Street_Scene_October_8th_1902_New_York_City.ogv)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 4June1903; H32387.
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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