Book Beginnings: The Flatiron

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Gilion at Rose City Reader. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading.

The Flatiron: The New York Landmark and the Incomparable City That Arose with It by Alice Sparberg Alexiou

"Once upon a time, the Flatiron Building was a member of my family."

As cool as the Flatiron Building is (I used to work in it), I admit I wondered who would actually devote the time to write an entire book about it, but the author's grandfather owned it for about fifty years, which makes perfect sense.