Burnham’s Folly was a name given to New York’s Flatiron Building by early skeptics who thought Daniel Burnham’s 1901 triangular design, combined with the building’s exceptional height, would not withstand strong winds. The story behind the nickname became my basis for a play. In effect, it would be the dramatic equivalent of an historical novel, using documented real events as the anchor points within a fictionalized narrative about Burnham’s life and times, and about the timelessness of man’s ambition.