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The Flatirons of the Village

One of New York’s most beloved and iconic landmarks, the Flatiron Building is known for (among other things) its unique shape. But of course, the corner of 23rd Street and Fifth Avenue isn’t the only place in Manhattan where streets intersect at quirky angles. In fact, the Village’s off-the-grid streets are full of them.

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53 Gansevoort Street
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53 Gansevoort Street

This triangular building (seen at its most narrow near Ninth Avenue) was constructed in 1887 for Robert and Ogden Goelet. His family held onto the building until 1942.
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Herring Building
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Herring Building

Also known as the "Little Flatiron," the Herring Building was constructed in 1849 for Silas Clark Herring. It served as the headquarters of the Herring Lock and Safe Company until 2002.
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234 West 13th Street
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234 West 13th Street

Designed by architect George F. Pelham in 1882, this building is noted for its "prow-like" shape in a LPC Designation Report for Greenwich Village.
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70 Greenwich Avenue
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70 Greenwich Avenue

The lot at 70 Greenwich Avenue originally included three separate homes constructed in the 1850s. At some point in the late 19th-century, the homes were combined to create the small four-story brick building that now occupies the lot. Designed to fit in its sharply angled location, the first floor extends to a blunt narrow end that is even too slim for a door!
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10 Sheridan Square
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10 Sheridan Square

This 14-story apartment house called the Shenandoah was designed by famed apartment house and hotel architect Emery Roth in 1929.
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2 Cornelia Street
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2 Cornelia Street

Designed in an Arts and Crafts style in 1907 by Fred Ebeling, the Varitype Building originally housed studio and manufacturing spaces on its upper floors. Painter John Sloan had studio space in the building in the 1910s and it is featured prominently in his 1922 painting, "City from Greenwich Village."
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