A 25-Inch Plot of Land in Greenwich Village Embodied ‘a Resistance’

Nehad Ahmed fields the question day in and day out: What is that little tiled triangle carved into the sidewalk outside the smoke shop he manages in Greenwich Village? Mr. Ahmed said the triangle is one of those things that tour guides mention, along with what has long been known as the narrowest house in the Village, a nine-and-a-half-foot-wide structure at 75½ Bedford Street that has been home to famous residents, including Cary Grant, John Barrymore and the poet and playwright Edna St. Vincent Millay. The triangle outside Mr. Ahmed’s smoke shop is completely covered by a plaque.

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