A triangular artist loft building at the intersection of Milwaukee, North, and Damen — the commercial heart of Wicker Park — housing studios and galleries on multiple floors. The Flat Iron has been an artist building since the 1980s and its presence anchors the art-world identity of the neighbourhood even as surrounding blocks have gentrified.
Building-wide open studio events happen periodically; individual galleries have regular hours. The building itself is one of the few examples of a triangular footprint in Chicago commercial architecture. The intersection outside it, with its coffee shops and streetwear boutiques on all three corners, is the spot where Wicker Park became nationally visible as a neighbourhood in the 1990s.