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Boston’s Famous ‘Skinny House’ In The North End Sells For $1.25 Million
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Posted on 09/18/2021 10:57:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin

It has two bedrooms and one bathroom. There’s also a private garden and roof deck.

The story of the unique building, called a “spite house,” dates back to when a man returned home from the Civil War and learned his brother had taken the property. So the man built the tiny house to block sunlight from his brother’s home.

(Image Credit: CL Properties)

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: boston; massachusetts; oldnorth; oldnorthchurch; skinnyhouse; thecivilwar
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1 posted on 09/18/2021 10:57:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Mein Gott


2 posted on 09/18/2021 10:59:36 AM PDT by wardaddy (Fear Republic land of grumps and scolds peppered with good folks )
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To: BenLurkin

Well...it’s worth a mil if someone will pay a mil. De gustibus non est disputandum.


3 posted on 09/18/2021 11:02:04 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: BenLurkin

WHO WANTS TO LIVE IN BOSTON?


4 posted on 09/18/2021 11:03:40 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: BenLurkin

1000 a foot ....lordy...that’s higher than most beachfront


5 posted on 09/18/2021 11:04:57 AM PDT by wardaddy (Fear Republic land of grumps and scolds peppered with good folks )
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To: Ann Archy

Not me, and I was born and raised here.


6 posted on 09/18/2021 11:05:02 AM PDT by Radix (Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents.)
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To: BenLurkin

At $3000/month for 40 years, not unreasonable for someone having the income and inclination to live in a high-CoL area. Novelty, history, and location make for good resale value. Interest rates are crazy low now, so lock it in ASAP.


7 posted on 09/18/2021 11:06:33 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (All worry about monsters that'll eat our face, but it's our job to ask WHY it wants to eat our face.)
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To: BenLurkin
Are the windows painted shut?

8 posted on 09/18/2021 11:07:52 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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9 posted on 09/18/2021 11:08:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Ann Archy

I took a job in Boston. I lasted 10 months - about how long it took me to hit every historical site and pathway I could. Met some interesting people, ate some interesting food but couldn’t get back to Texas fast enough.


10 posted on 09/18/2021 11:08:57 AM PDT by Semper Vigilantis (Si vis pacem, para bellum. )
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To: ctdonath2

High cholesterol area? Who seeks that out for real estate decisions?


11 posted on 09/18/2021 11:18:38 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: Semper Vigilantis

I liked Boston on Saint Patricks day.
The bars open at 7 the street fights start at 7:15
The combat zone was definitely an interesting place also


12 posted on 09/18/2021 11:18:54 AM PDT by Tolk2112
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To: BenLurkin

I need more sleep.

I thought the title said “Stinky House.”


13 posted on 09/18/2021 11:25:19 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Donald J. Trump is my president, not the Commander-in-Thief, brain-dead Joseph Stolen)
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14 posted on 09/18/2021 11:28:08 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: BenLurkin
So the man built the tiny house to block sunlight from his brother’s home.

If it was built after the Civil War, I would guess it was built to block sunlight to his brother's home or maybe he mastered fusion.

15 posted on 09/18/2021 11:33:44 AM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: Tolk2112

My father was in the Coast Guard during World War II.

He and his ship mates were on liberty in Boston one time, and they asked the locals where to go. They were told, “Whatever you do, DON’T go to the combat zone!”

So what DID they do? They went to the combat zone! I don’t think much happened....they just had a few beers in a bar.

On the other hand, when my family lived in Framingham, Mass. for a few years during the 1970’s, there was this guy in my gym class.

A few other guys took me aside and motioned toward this particular guy. They said, “See that guy over there? He goes to the combat zone and when he’s there he goes to whore houses!”

To myself I thought, “Holy crap!”


16 posted on 09/18/2021 11:34:51 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Donald J. Trump is my president, not the Commander-in-Thief, brain-dead Joseph Stolen)
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To: Ann Archy

WHO WANTS TO LIVE IN BOSTON?

Lots of Boston area is great. Most the people that I know from there that have real jobs and work, aren’t liberal at all. It is also safer than most cities because they are very segregated.

Boston is/or was the city that had the largest number of college students anywhere around the world. It was second to only Tokyo. I am not sure if that still stands. The point is that the extremisms all originates from the colleges and universities. That is the sewer pipeline to America.


17 posted on 09/18/2021 11:37:28 AM PDT by boycott
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Only in ATL.


18 posted on 09/18/2021 11:45:40 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin
Spite.


19 posted on 09/18/2021 12:10:12 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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To: Semper Vigilantis

The only thing I liked about Boston was the clam chowder.


20 posted on 09/18/2021 12:14:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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