I was intrigued by the Lascelles building at 1324 Niedringhaus in Granite City when I saw it…it has a definite wedge shape, but is perhaps not the distinctive and narrower flatiron that is usually associated with that type of structure. It dates to 1917, when it unsurprisingly opened as a bank (it seems like all the best architecture in the area had a beginning as a financial institution), and has also been home to a restaurant as well as office space.