The expression "twenty-three skidoo" was coined by police officers to disperse the men gathering around this building to watch the drafts it created lift up women's skirts. Using rusticated buff limestone on the base, its three-level construction was intended to make the entire building resemble a Greek column. This structure was built without any advance tenants as part o
The expression "twenty-three skidoo" was coined by police officers to disperse the men gathering around this building to watch the drafts it created lift up women's skirts. Using rusticated buff limestone on the base, its three-level construction was intended to make the entire building resemble a Greek column. This structure was built without any advance tenants as part of a developer's plan to create a rival business district to Wall Street in another part of Manhattan. Upon its 1902 completion, this building surpassed another Burnham and Root design, the Masonic Temple, as the world's tallest building. Though originally known as the Fuller Building, the shape it was forced to adapt in order to fit into the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway garnered it an appliance-based moniker. For 10 points, name this wedge-like skyscraper.
The expression "twenty-three skidoo" was coined by police officers to disperse the men gathering around this building to watch the drafts it created lift up women's skirts.
the {Flatiron} Building [accept {Fuller} Building before it is read]