Article by Marc Guberman


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The dominating feature of the building is the rounded base of the V. The front of the building is the main object at the intersection of Westminster and Weybosset Streets. The open space that forms in front of the rounded base is considered the heart of the city’s financial district. It is an extremely site-conscious building that borrows elements from earlier examples that were built in New York, particularly D.H. Burnham’s Flatiron Building (1902) located on the similarly shaped corner of Broadway and Fifth Avenue in Madison Square. Turk’s head stands 4 stories shorter and is located on a corner that is less acute; therefore the rounded V is less dramatic and has an exterior that is plainer than Burnham’s design.
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