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The Story of a House, a Family, and HistoryThis house in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston has quite a history, as related by Anne Magee Coughlin. It was home to four generations of her family, over a period of more than one hundred years. In that time, history was made, the city changed, and many family members were born and then died. The house itself is just a structure, but it endured as a connection between generations, a cupboard of memories, a place to feel safe, and a reflection of the people who called it home. You don't have to know the family to understand their ups and downs, and why this house, as personal as it is, is worthy of a tribute. Warning: you might need a hankie for parts of this story. #house #history #family #Boston

For Sale: Boston’s Skinny Spite HouseThe Skinny House in Boston's North End is only ten feet wide, and much of that is taken up by stairs to access its three floors and roof deck. There are places inside where the walls are barely six feet apart! However, the tiny piece of property is in a great location and comes with some history ...and notoriety.This home is reportedly a “spite house”—a building designed to stymie another construction project or bug neighbors by blocking sunlight or stamping out their view. Many spite houses were “constructed in the days when building codes were lax,” urban journalist John Metcalfe once reported for CityLab, “and so their underlying contempt and animosity has been grandfathered into the modern landscape.” These odd little properties are likely to be found in old neighborhoods, where the street grid was once jagged and might still be irregular today.Read the story behind the Boston Spite House at Atlas Obscura, and if you're interested, see the listing here.#realestate #Boston #skinnyhouse #spitehouse