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In the early 1910s, Manhattan city planners launched a project to expand Seventh Avenue and build a new subway line that ran through the West Village. This involved tearing down more than 250 edifices in the area, including a five-story apartment building known as the Voorhis. It was owned by a landlord named David Hess, who tried and failed to keep his property from falling victim to the city’s eminent domain claim. The Voorhis was demolished around 1913, and the plot became part of the road above the underground railway all except for about 500 square inches. That tiny triangle escaped unscathed, and Hess’s family fought hard to hang onto it (Hess himself had passed away). This time, they won. In 1922, the Hess estate carried out an act that would become one of the most memorable moments in the history of spite. They tiled the triangle with a message that read: “Property of the Hess estate which has never been dedicated for public purpose.” ....