The Flatiron, Toronto (Cyanotype) - Limited Edition Photograph

Cyanotype, contact printing on watercolor paper Architectural styles: Romanesque Revival architecture, French Gothic architecture. The Gooderham Building stands like a ship’s bow at the intersection of Church, Wellington and Front streets, Toronto, Canada. It was built to house offices belonging to the Gooderham family, who grew wealthy in the distilling and banking industries. Nicknamed the “Flatiron Building” for its resemblance to an old-fashioned clothes-iron, the building's triangular shape results from the meeting of Wellington Street with Front Street and the diagonal route that followed the 19th-century waterfront. Many people assume that the Gooderham Building is a copy of the better-known and larger Flatiron Building in New York City, but in fact it predates the latter by some ten years.