KINGS OF NEW YORK – New York City – Video tour of Flatiron District, Manhattan (Part 1)
Welcome to the first video tour of our two part series dedicated to the Flatiron District, located in Manhattan, New York, by New York Habitat (www.nyhabitat.com). Subscribe to New York Habitat YouTube channel www.youtube.com and watch more great videos about other neighborhoods of Manhattan such as the Meatpacking Disctrict (www.youtube.com or the Lower East Side (www.youtube.com Head to 175 Fifth Ave where you’ll find a beautiful and curious structure known as the Flatiron building, which gives the neighborhood its name. This skyscraper was one of the tallest buildings in the city when it was completed in 1902. New Yorkers began referring to it as the “Flatiron” due to the triangular block it sits on, looking very much like an old fashioned flat iron. The Flatiron District is roughly bounded by 20th Street to the south, Sixth Avenue to the west, 26th Street to the north, and Lexington Avenue to the east. The Flatiron District developed around a stretch of high end retailers along Fifth Avenue that drew in the most fashionable women of the late 1890s. Earlier it was known as “Ladies Mile” and later on “The Toy District” because of the Toy Center Building located at 23rd Street and Broadway. Today the ‘Ladies Mile’ may not have the glamour and glitz that it had in the past, but it has regained its retail shopping identity and is now a New York City Historic District. Named for President James Madison, Madison Square was opened to the public in 1847 and was the focal point …