Flatiron Building in Squirrel Hill
N 40° 25.770 W 079° 55.325
17T E 591432 N 4475987
This building gets skinnier and skinnier as it squeezes between two diagonally intersecting streets.
Waymark Code: WMWTM
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2006
Views: 440
On Forward Avenue in Squirrel Hill, you'll pass what looks like an ordinary block of business storefronts. But evil lurks beneath. Behind the buildings, a brick street snakes down the steep hill, intersecting with Forward Avenue at a strange angle. The corner building on the block was built to fit in the narrow triangular piece of real estate pie between the two streets. It is only five feet wide at its narrow end.
Also note... you enter the stores in the front of the building on the first level. Because of the hilly street behind the building, there is a street-level door to enter the second story in the rear!
Building Address: 5835 Forward Avenue Pittsburgh, PA USA 15217
Is it open to the general public?: yes
When was it built? (Approximate if you must.): 01/01/1890
What is the name of this building?: Unknown.
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