There are several buildings called the Flatiron Building, all named for their triangular flatiron-like shape. Building is either the act of creating an object assembled from more than one element, or the object itself; see also construction. ... For alternate meanings, such as the musical instrument, see triangle (disambiguation). ... In geometry, objects are of the same shape if one can be transformed to another by dilating (that is, by multiplying all distances by the same factor) and then, if necessary, rotating and translating. ...
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The Manhattan Municipal Building, which houses many city agencies, is one of the largest government buildings in the world.
The residential parts of the city have a distinctive character from the skyscrapers of the commercial cores that is defined by the elegant brownstone rowhouses and apartment buildings which were built during the city's rapid expansion from 1870–1930.
Stone and brick became the city's building materials of choice after the construction of wood-frame houses was limited in the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1835.