But one building, in particular, stands out: a tiny, bright blue home sandwiched between two much-larger townhouses.
Dubbed the narrowest home in America by Ripley s Believe It or Not and the Oprah Winfrey Network, the Hollensbury Spite House is 7 feet wide, 25 feet deep, and a total of 325 square feet.
It was also built out of spite. An arrow shows the location of the Hollensbury Spite House in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia. It is located at 523 Queen Street. Google Maps
While now a popular and charming photo-op, the home s origins are far from charming
Over the years, the home has become a popular Instagram spot in Old Town, with visitors often stopping to snap photos in front of it, arms outstretched to highlight its small size.
After inheriting a smaller portion of land, he built the Grudge to devalue his brother s property.
The architect Sandra Rishani told Insider no new structure can be built in its place because of zoning laws.
According to a Lebanese urban myth, one man turned sibling pettiness into an extreme sport when he erected the country s thinnest habitable building in front of his brother s property. His intentions were simple: to block his brother s seafront views and devalue the property.
Situated in the Manara neighborhood of Beirut, the skinny building is known by locals as al-Ba`sa, which loosely means the Grudge in Arabic. It is 2 feet wide at its narrowest point, 14 feet at its widest, and was built in 1954 after the owner reportedly received a less favorable plot of land than his brother and wanted revenge by way of inconvenience.
in southern california, other urban areas looking at the possibility as well. today plan on building 250 more of these homes at a price tag, jenna, between $500 and $800,000 for one of these small homes that used to have one house, the lot now has three of them. jenna: so a small home but not a small price tag really. reporter: not in california. jenna: i guess that s true. that and the skinny jeans and the skinny ties and everything else. of adam, thank you. very interesting. i don ti don t know, jon, what u think? skinny home? jon: works for me, i m all about keeping it compact these days, jenna. jenna: i like it, jon. jon: here is the really, really big news, jenna, now that the dark days are other. the national zoo s panda cam is back online. we ll look in on what those cute bears are up to.