WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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The Flat Iron building was the first modern sky scraper at 25 floors. Where were the cheap living spaces located?
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the top floors
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the middle floors
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the bottom floors
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building, is a triangular 22-story, 285-foot-tall (86.9 m) steel-framed landmarked building at 175 Fifth Avenue in the eponymous Flatiron District neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
Detailed explanation-2: -Today, the Flatiron Building mainly houses publishing businesses, in addition to a few shops on the ground floor.
Detailed explanation-3: -The original elevators in the Flatiron Building were Otis water hydraulic elevators, powered by pressure, and subject to both extremely slow travel times and regular flooding. “If you jumped on in the lobby and went to the 20th floor, it could take you ten minutes, ” says Sonny.
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