Flatiron Building at Night color-red Because the Gubeikou area was

Because the Gubeikou area was a strategic passage to Beijing

Coast Guard picket boats and even bay-crossing ferries

reference numbers and airbrushing by retouchers to highlight specific areas

Also Inspects the Culebra Cut From a Work Train

put down their heads and leaned into the snow squalls at the southwest corner of 43rd Street and Broadway

Flatiron Building at Night color-red Because the Gubeikou area wasThe Flatiron Building at the confluence of two world famous thoroughfares, Fifth Avenue and Broadway. This photo was published in The New York Times Metro section on Sept. 30, 2002, in an article to mark the Flatiron Building's centennial. Famous for its unusual three sided shape, the building was completed in 1902 and rose to a height of 285 feet, a feat rarely seen at that period in time.