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It’s come a long way from its tragic past.

The angular townhouse at 18 W. 11th St. — the exact site where members of the radical leftist organization Weather Underground accidentally detonated a bomb that killed three people in 1970 — is now in contract. The 6,590-square-foot property was most recently listed for $12.95 million.

Firefighters extinguish the flames at 18 W. 11th St. in 1970.APFirefighters extinguish the flames at 18 W. 11th St. in 1970.AP

Details of the contract price or the buyer were not immediately available.

The standing 22-foot property, rumored to have been rebuilt with its now signature angular facade paying architectural homage to the original building’s bombing, comes with approved plans for a major makeover, the listing says. They include making roomy living spaces that lead out to the south-facing, 30-foot-deep garden space; 13-foot-tall ceilings in the basement level; and the addition, a glass-enclosed rooftop penthouse with room for a rooftop lawn, which would bring the townhouse to six stories.

The blasted building was completely torn down following the explosion, but architect Hugh Hardy bought the cleared lot for $80,000 with a design plan in mind. They never materialized, and he ended up selling it to a couple (now deceased) for that same price in 1978 under the condition that they build the home according to his plan, reports say.

A young financier named Justin Korsant bought the spread in December 2012 from their estate for $9.25 million. And with these reconstruction plans in mind, he relisted the townhouse for $13.5 million last June.

Compass honcho Leonard Steinberg, one of the listing brokers, declined comment. Korsant could not be reached by press time.

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