tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post4412314162087197253..comments2024-03-04T01:47:18.750-05:00Comments on Lemurian Congress: Catching Up on the 1920s VernacularAdam Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-66701002205755119712008-09-26T10:44:00.000-04:002008-09-26T10:44:00.000-04:00The triangular shape of the Flatiron Building (an ...The triangular shape of the Flatiron Building (an early skyscraper) produced wind currents that made women’s skirts billow, spurring police to create the term “23 skiddoo” when shooing away gawkers assembling for the show. The building apex, just six feet wide, expands into a limestone wedge adorned with Gothic and Renaissance details of Greek faces and terra cotta flowers. <BR/>175 Fifth Avenue, between 22nd and 23rd streets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32999748.post-8312481452434541152008-08-02T10:34:00.000-04:002008-08-02T10:34:00.000-04:00told you they were without heattold you they were without heatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com