Narrow House in Greenwich Village

Small spaces are our focus, but even we flinched at this narrow landmark house in Greenwich Village...

At nine-and-a-half feet in width and about 950 total square feet, it's full of small space solutions suited for even the very high end of NYC's market. Judging from the above photo and the floorplan, it looks like the kitchen burners are set in a very shallow countertop. We're thinking it's a single row of burners instead of the typical two-deep we see on most off-the-shelf cooktops. Love this move in what is surely a tight kitchen.

The house just hit the market: See the full listing here. Read up on the notorious house's history (as Edna St. Vincent Millay's residence, a cobbler's, a candy shop and more...) at New York Architecture.

Via: Curbed. Images: New York Architecture, Corcoran

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Had to smile when I saw the phrase "Dutch style" in the RE blurb ... there are houses even narrower than this in Holland. Anyway, it looks charming and think of all the lovely ghosts that you'd be sharing space with in that place!
The only drawback, and this has nothing to do with its narrowness, is that the only windows are in the front and the rear. Luckily, the ones in the front at least look very large!

posted by mirandabee on August 27th 2009 at 7:11am
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You know, I think we actually walked by this house last week while visiting the city. My comment was that as muggles, we must have had a glimpse into Sirius Black's home by accident.

posted by EC (Lisa) Stewart on August 27th 2009 at 8:15am
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My apartment on the UWS was only 8-feet wide, so 9.5 is a comparative luxury...!

posted by home body on August 27th 2009 at 8:27am
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home body: the real estate listing floor plan indicates the house is only 8'-2" wide inside, so it's actually pretty close to what you lived in.

posted by Daily Nuance on August 27th 2009 at 8:38am
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I'm betting home body's pad is not listed at 2.75 million.

posted by Boraxics on August 27th 2009 at 9:07am
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interesting that the photographer william steig lived there...and that his sister in law, margaret mead also lived there. it's a shame that you'd never get those stairs through a code check today!

posted by davidsl on August 27th 2009 at 11:51am
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How did you ever get a photo of it without TOURISTS?? This house is descended upon daily by bus loads of tourists (just two blocks away is the building used as the exterior shot on "Friends"!) Eeeeek!

posted by GreatFriend on August 27th 2009 at 12:37pm
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Flinched? I think it's adorable!

posted by Charlotte on August 27th 2009 at 4:06pm
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EC (Lisa) Stewart: this is exactly what I thought the moment I saw the pic!!

posted by tulpoeid on August 29th 2009 at 6:32pm
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This reminds me SF's Chinatown, where they've filled in some alleys with apartment buildings. There's actually a wonderful restaurant occupying all three floors of one such alley apartment building in Chinatown. The hostess/waitress shouts orders down the spiral staircase. Does anyone else know this place?

posted by mercedezzz on August 29th 2009 at 9:56pm
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I gotta say, there are things that are not particularly well laid out, like the kitchen, the stair, and the basement bathroom and closets.

posted by terra maria on August 30th 2009 at 10:43am
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