But if you were allowed to/worked out a deal to paint those side walls, that could be a really cool looking space.
I’m guessing not especially quiet though.
Depending on its orientation, it’s probably pretty dark inside too.
I remember some of my favourite spaces in the city I lived in where narrow valleys between buildings like this. The trick for light (enough for a great garden) was to hang cheap mirrors on the top part of each side wall.
Reminds me of the Edith Macefield house, in Ballard (Seattle, WA).
.If you’re ever in Ballard, I highly recommend the excellent cocktail bar Hazelwood, which pays tribute to her with a namesake cocktail (the Edith Macefield).
Those are what’s called shoebox houses. We find a lot of them in Montréal, Québec.
I hope it’s oriented right, otherwise you’re living in eternal shade
This is just the house from Big City Greens
I think if the house was first then that’d be sad, yes. But if someone bought the lot and managed to get a house in there legally (or just got away with it) then that’s pretty rad. Like a brilliantly yellow dandelion forcing itself through a crack in an otherwise seamless, lifeless and bland sidewalk.
Do you happen to have the original ad? I am kinda interested in how this is set up and where.
This is what we call a shoebox house in Montreal. There are quite a few in my neighbourhood. See more in this article. Mind you, these are pictures of the pretty ones, they are not all as cute, but not many are as far recessed from the street either.
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