Flatiron Building at Night color-red but they are being joined

but they are being joined by many skyscrapers that may someday be worthy of appearing in a Times Square souvenir snow globe

Coast Guard picket boats and even bay-crossing ferries

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

A Times article sought to translate what boiled down to three symbols: "In these 3 symbols

reference numbers and airbrushing by retouchers to highlight specific areas

Flatiron Building at Night color-red but they are being joinedThe 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.