Posted on 08/29/2009 11:55:47 PM PDT by Daffynition
NEW YORK (AP) - It's 9 1/2 feet wide and 42 feet long and is billed as the narrowest house in New York City. But there's nothing small about its asking price : $2.7 million.
Located at 75 1/2 Bedford St. in Greenwich Village, the red brick building was built in 1873, sandwiched in a narrow space that used to be an alley between homes at 75 and 77 Bedford.
The narrow house is considered a curiosity and is one of the neighborhood's most photographed homes. A small plaque on the house notes that poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once lived there; so did anthropologist Margaret Mead.
Real estate broker Alex Nicholas says there is interest in the property and he has appointments on Thursday to show the home to three different potential buyers.
The residential interiors are a tight squeeze even by New York standards, measuring just 8 1/2 feet wide and 42 feet long on each of its three floors.
"Due to the narrowness of the house, I think you have to be very clever in how you decorate," Nicholas said.
The current owners bought the house for $1.6 million in 2000.
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Perfect!
Now where’s the post with the bell?
HIgher doesn’t help!
But, thanks for trying.
The bottom floor of that condo has a nice green house.
Is that the White House ...in real time? ;P
that’s something you’d expect to see in the Madistan-land: architectual representations of Western Civilization turned upside-down.
9 1/2 feet wide? Hell,*I’m* almost 9 1/2 feet wide!
Chonqing, China: Mrs Wu Ping was the only person from 241 properties who refused to leave. She battled with contractors and bids for almost 3 years before caving in April of 2007 for quite a pretty penny!
Narita Airport, Japan: Farmers are refusing to give up their land in the middle of this airport in Japan. The runway is only half usable because of their refusal to relocate. They are currently a literal stones throw away from the flight path and have to be living an earth shaking experience.
Seattle, Wa: Edith Macefield's refused to sell her home even after she was offered more than 1 million dollars. She is gone now, but her legend lives on and her house remains, surrounded by new development.
an aerial shot of wu ping's isolated nail house granting property owner access
Washington DC.--In 2006, Austin Spriggs was happily living in a house that would soon become a thorn in the side of local developers. Such a thorn in fact that Mr Spriggs was offered more than $3m for the property in 2008 even though the property was previously only worth an estimated $200k. Needless to say, he turned the offer down and then proceeded to take out a loan to convert the building into a pizza joint. As you can see, the building is absolutely dwarfed by the surrounding developments.
Changsha, China
On the most commercial street in Changsha, China, there stands this almost unkempt looking home with multiple tenants and a commercial business that's been opened downstairs.
I like the cement pond.
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