What is up with New York's Flat Iron building?

Engineering the Impossible shares the history and future plans for New York's years empty Flat Iron building.

I had several meetings in the Flatiron Building back in the early 2000s. It was another old building that wasn't very comfortable but had a lot of charm. As a landmark, it is lovely — but I wouldn't look forward to working in it, or want to live there.

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