Would you pay $58.5m to live in this iconic New York building?
In the 12th-floor model unit, the steel framework has even been turned into closet shelving. While removing sheetrock during demolition, workers found remnants of a balcony at the triangular point on the 20th floor, identical to an existing balcony one floor above. That door was so damaged that it couldn't be salvaged, Cardoso said, so it was replicated.The building's developers have found other ways to incorporate the building's past into its new life.Steel balustrades from an old staircase found in the basement were repurposed as legs for apartments' bathroom sinks.
- ▪In the 12th-floor model unit, the steel framework has even been turned into closet shelving.
- ▪While removing sheetrock during demolition, workers found remnants of a balcony at the triangular point on the 20th floor, identical to an existing balcony one floor above.
- ▪That door was so damaged that it couldn't be salvaged, Cardoso said, so it was replicated.The building's developers have found other ways to incorporate the building's past into its new life.Steel balustrades from an old staircase found in
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Would you pay $58.5m to live in this iconic New York building?Image source, Courtesy of The Flatiron BuildingByGrace Eliza GoodwinReporting fromNew YorkPublished7 minutes agoThe Flatiron Building - with its unique triangular shape, narrow prow, ornamental columns and intricate decorative details - has been one of the most recognisable structures in New York City for more than a century.But for the last seven years, the Flatiron has been shrouded in scaffolding, its Beaux-Arts exterior hidden from throngs of tourists who came to view it.It has been undergoing a large-scale renovation, both internal and external, from an awkwardly laid-out office building into ultra-luxury apartments - with new units going for up to $58.5m (£43.9m).
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