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The Flatiron ___MASK57___ , originally the Fuller ___MASK57___ , is a triangular 22 - story ___MASK74___ - framed landmarked building located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan , New York City , and is considered to be a groundbreaking skyscraper . Upon completion in 1902 , it was one of the tallest buildings in the city at 20 floors high and one of only two skyscrapers north of 14th Street  the other being the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower , one block east . The building sits on a triangular block formed by Fifth Avenue , Broadway , and East 22nd Street , with 23rd Street grazing the triangle ' s northern ( uptown ) peak . As with numerous other wedge - shaped buildings , the name " Flatiron " derives from its resemblance to a cast - iron ___MASK45___ . ___MASK13___ is a city in the Netherlands , located in South Holland , within the ___MASK91___  ___MASK21___  Scheldt river delta at the North ___MASK30___ . Its history goes back to 1270 when a dam was constructed in the Rotte river by people settled around it for safety . In 1340 ___MASK13___ was granted city rights by the Count of Holland and slowly grew into a major logistic and economic centre . Nowadays it is home to Europe ' s largest port and has a population of 633 , 471 ( city proper ), ranking second in the Netherlands . The Greater Rijnmond area is home to approximately 1 . ___MASK88___ million people and the ___MASK13___ The Hague Metropolitan Area makes for the 168th most populous urban area in the world . ___MASK13___ is part of the yet larger Randstad conurbation with a total population of 7 , 100 , 000 . ___MASK75___ is the ___MASK41___ and most populous municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . Its status as the ___MASK41___ is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands , although it is not the seat of the government , which is ___MASK22___ . ___MASK75___ has a population of 847 , 176 within the city proper , ___MASK56___ , 343 , 647 in the urban area , and 2 , 431 , 000 in the ___MASK75___ metropolitan area . The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country . The metropolitan area comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad , one of the larger conurbations in Europe , with a population of approximately ___MASK16___ million . ___MASK22___ ( or "< nowiki >'</ nowiki > s - Gravenhage " ) is a city located in the western coast of the Netherlands , and the capital city of the province of South Holland . The ___MASK28___ of New York , often called ___MASK61___ or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , ___MASK61___ is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , ___MASK61___ exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial ___MASK41___ of the world . The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern ___MASK77___ , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western ___MASK7___ . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the ___MASK54___ of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the ___MASK54___ of ___MASK77___ , and many smaller islands . Northern ___MASK77___ is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of ___MASK77___ . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North ___MASK30___ to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic ___MASK30___ to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish ___MASK30___ lies between Great Britain and ___MASK77___ . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in ___MASK7___ . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . Western ___MASK7___ , also ___MASK47___ ___MASK7___ , is the region comprising the western part of the European continent . There may be differences between the geopolitical and purely geographic definitions of the term . Research comprises " creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge , including knowledge of humans , culture and society , and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications ." It is used to establish or confirm facts , reaffirm the results of previous work , solve new or existing problems , support theorems , or develop new theories . A research project may also be an expansion on past work in the field . Research projects can be used to develop further knowledge on a topic , or in the example of a school research project , they can be used to further a student ' s research prowess to prepare them for future jobs or reports . To test the validity of instruments , procedures , or experiments , research may replicate elements of prior projects or the project as a whole . The primary purposes of basic research ( as opposed to applied research ) are documentation , ___MASK36___ , interpretation , or the research and development ( R & D ) of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge . Approaches to research depend on epistemologies , which vary considerably both within and between humanities and sciences . There are several forms of research : scientific , humanities , artistic , economic , social , business , marketing , practitioner research , life , technological , etc . ___MASK35___ ___MASK6___ is a province in the midwestern Netherlands . It has a population of just over ___MASK42___ . ___MASK19___ million ( as of 2015 ) and a population density of about , making it the country ' s most populous province and one of the world ' s most densely populated areas . Situated on the North Sea in the west of the Netherlands , ___MASK35___ ___MASK6___ covers an area of , of which is water . It borders North ___MASK6___ to the north , Utrecht and Gelderland to the east , and North Brabant and Zeeland to the south . The provincial capital is The Hague , while its largest city is Rotterdam . The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower , colloquially known as the Met Life Tower , is a landmark skyscraper located on Madison Avenue near the intersection with ___MASK80___ 23rd Street , across from Madison Square Park in Manhattan , ___MASK61___ . Designed by the architectural firm of Napoleon LeBrun & Sons and built by the Hedden Construction Company , the tower is modeled after the Campanile in Venice , Italy . The ___MASK70___ located in the clock tower portion of the building has the address 5 Madison Avenue , while the office building covering the rest of the block , occupied primarily by Credit Suisse , is referred to as ___MASK56___ Madison Avenue . Het Strijkijzer ( Dutch pronunciation : ( strikizr ) , The Flatiron ) is a residential and office skyscraper in ___MASK22___ , Netherlands . It is 132 metres ( 433 ft ) with 42 floors , making it the city ' s second tallest building . In 2007 the building was awarded ___MASK22___ New City Prize and the international Emporis Skyscraper Award , with Emporis citing `` its elegant reinterpretation of classic high - rise architecture , its contextual approach to a limited site , and its efficient program for accommodating new entrants to the housing market '' . Inspired by the Flatiron Building in New York City , its name is the Dutch word for the ironing appliance . The building contains 300 studio flats for students and first - time property owners , and 51 luxury flats , accessible by a separate lift . There are also furnished flats for rental on a weekly or monthly basis . Below is space for catering , a laundromat , ironing facilities and office space . Since 2011 , there is a panoramic terrace on the 42nd floor , which is accessible from the ground floor via a dedicated lift . From the terrace , one can see the ships on the North ___MASK30___ . The ___MASK95___ is the ___MASK51___ constituent country of the Kingdom of the ___MASK95___ . It is a densely populated country located in Western Europe with three island territories in the ___MASK50___ . The European part of the ___MASK95___ borders Germany to the east , Belgium to the south , and the North ___MASK30___ to the northwest , sharing maritime borders with Belgium , the United Kingdom , and Germany . The largest cities in the ___MASK95___ are Amsterdam , Rotterdam , The Hague and Utrecht . Amsterdam is the country ' s capital , while The Hague holds the Dutch seat of government and parliament . The name " Holland " is used to refer informally to the whole of the country of the ___MASK95___ . ___MASK6___ is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands . The name " ___MASK6___ " is also frequently used to informally refer to the whole of the country of the Netherlands . This usage is commonly accepted in other countries , and not entirely uncommon among the Dutch themselves , though some in the Netherlands and particularly in other regions of the country may find it undesirable , misleading or insulting . The headquarters of the United Nations is a complex in ___MASK61___ designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer . The complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952 . It is located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan , on spacious grounds overlooking the East River . Its borders are First Avenue on the west , East 42nd Street to the south , East 48th Street on the north and the East River to the east . The term " Turtle Bay " is occasionally used as a metonym for the UN headquarters or for the United Nations as a whole . The Kingdom of the ___MASK95___ , commonly known as the ___MASK95___ , is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in western ___MASK7___ and in the ___MASK50___ . A ___MASK45___ is a small hand - held appliance with a handle holding a flat , roughly triangular surface that , when heated , is used to press clothes to remove creases . It is named for the metal of which the device is commonly made , and the use of it is generally called ironing . Ironing works by loosening the ties between the long chains of molecules that exist in polymer fiber materials . With the heat and the weight of the ironing plate , the fibers are stretched and the fabric maintains its new shape when cool . Some materials , such as ___MASK17___ , require the use of ___MASK83___ to loosen the intermolecular bonds . Many materials developed in the twentieth century are advertised as needing little or no ironing . ___MASK52___ is the ___MASK41___ and most populous city in the Dutch province of ___MASK52___ . It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation and is the fourth largest city in the Netherlands with a population of in . ___MASK64___ is the most densely populated borough of ___MASK61___ , its economic and administrative center , and the city ' s historical birthplace . The borough is coextensive with New York County , founded on November ___MASK56___ , 1683 , as one of the original counties of the U . S . state of New York . The borough consists mostly of ___MASK64___ Island , bounded by the East , Hudson , and Harlem rivers , and also includes several small adjacent islands and Marble Hill , a small neighborhood on the U . S . mainland . The Emporis Skyscraper Award is an award for architectural ___MASK11___ regarding the design of buildings and their functionality . ___MASK96___ , officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK96___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK96___ is the most populous member state of the European Union . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK96___ ' s ___MASK41___ and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include ___MASK58___ , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . A ___MASK27___ is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land . ___MASK27___ locations are selected to optimize access to land and navigable ___MASK83___ , for commercial demand , and for shelter from wind and waves . Ports with deeper ___MASK83___ are rarer , but can handle larger ships . Since ports throughout history handled every kind of traffic , support and storage facilities vary widely , may extend for miles , and dominate the local economy . Some ports have an important military role . The ___MASK50___ ( or ) is a region that consists of the ___MASK50___ ___MASK30___ , its islands ( some surrounded by the ___MASK50___ ___MASK30___ and some bordering both the ___MASK50___ ___MASK30___ and the North Atlantic Ocean ) and the surrounding coasts . The region is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland , east of Central America , and north of ___MASK100___ . The Fuller ___MASK57___ is an office skyscraper in Manhattan located at 41 East 57th Street on the corner of Madison Avenue . It was built for the Fuller Construction Company in 1929 after they moved from the Flatiron ___MASK57___ . The ___MASK57___ was designed by Walker & Gillette in the Art Deco style , although in a very conservative fashion . The ___MASK57___ ' s exterior features architectural sculpture by Elie Nadelman , and the interior has richly decorated vestibules and lobbies featuring marble walls , bronze detailing , and mosaic floors . Emporis GmbH is a real estate data ___MASK44___ company with headquarters in ___MASK58___ , Germany . The company collects and publishes data and photographs of buildings worldwide . ___MASK72___ , officially the Kingdom of ___MASK72___ , is a sovereign state in Western ___MASK7___ bordered by ___MASK55___ , the Netherlands , ___MASK96___ , Luxembourg , and the North ___MASK30___ . It is a small , densely populated country which covers an area of and has a population of about 11 million people . Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin ___MASK7___ , ___MASK72___ is home to two main linguistic groups : the Dutch - speaking , mostly Flemish community , which constitutes about 59 % of the population , and the French - speaking , mostly Walloon population , which comprises 41 % of all Belgians . Additionally , there is a small group of German - speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area , and bordering ___MASK96___ . In the study of ___MASK53___ settlements , an urban agglomeration is an extended ___MASK28___ or town area comprising the built - ___MASK5___ area of a central place (" usually a municipality ") and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area . INSEE , the French Statistical Institute , uses the term " unité urbaine ", which means continuous urbanized area . However , because of differences in definitions of what does and does not constitute an " agglomeration ", as well as variations and limitations in statistical or geographical methodology , it can be problematic to compare different agglomerations around the world . It may not be clear , for instance , whether an area should be considered to be a satellite and part of an agglomeration , or a distinct entity in itself . The New ___MASK73___ metropolitan area , also referred to as the Tri - State Area , includes the most populous ___MASK28___ in the United States ( ___MASK61___ ); Long Island and the Mid - and Lower Hudson Valley in the state of New ___MASK73___ ; the five largest cities in New Jersey ( Newark  the largest ___MASK28___ in New Jersey  Jersey City , Paterson , Elizabeth , and Edison ) and their vicinities ; six of the seven largest cities in Connecticut ( Bridgeport  the largest ___MASK28___ in Connecticut  New Haven , Stamford , Waterbury , Norwalk , and Danbury ) and their vicinities ; and five counties in northeastern Pennsylvania . The ___MASK49___ ___MASK30___ is a marginal ___MASK30___ of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , Germany , the Netherlands , Belgium , and France . An epeiric ( or " shelf ") ___MASK30___ on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian ___MASK30___ in the north . It is more than long and wide , with an area of around . A skyscraper is a tall , continuously habitable ___MASK57___ having multiple floors . When the term was originally used in the 1880s it described a ___MASK57___ of ___MASK31___ to 20 floors but now describes one of at least 40 - 50 floors . Mostly designed for office , commercial and residential uses a skyscraper can also be called a high - rise , but the term skyscraper is often used for buildings higher than . For buildings above a height of , the term " Supertall " can be used , while skyscrapers reaching beyond are classified as " Megatall ".