Flat Iron Architecture
Turn the corner and you'll discover a fabulously large iron, a replica of one used by a local laundry (artist: Reed Todd). In 1923 E. W. Grove built a major department store, now the Haywood Park Hotel, opposite this corner. The Flat Iron Building (1926) followed soon afterward, designed by Albert Wirth and reminiscent of the ground-breaking 1902 skyscraper that graces Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
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#1 - Walk Into History#2 - Crossroads#3 - Stepping Out#4 - O. Henry#5 - Immortal Image#6 - Elizabeth Blackwell#7 - Art Deco Masterpiece#8 - Flat Iron Architecture#9 - Cat Walk#10 - Grove’s Vision#11 - Historic Hilltop#12 - Guastavino’s Monument#13 - Appalachian Stage#14 - Shopping Daze#15 - Marketplace#16 - Legacy of Design#17 - Woodfin House#18 - Wolfe’s Neighborhood#19 - Dixieland#20 - Curtain Calls#21 - On the Move#22 - Civic Pride#23 - Man and Mountain#24 - Time Remembered#25 - Ellington’s Dream#26 - Past and Promise#27 - Monument Corner#28 - Brick Artisan#29 - The Block#30 - Hotel District