Rendering of proposed fourth-floor addition (on lighter building) by Context.
A group of residents on Snow Hill and Hull street in the North End sued the Zoning Board of Appeal today over its approval of a project to add a fourth floor to a two-family building at 47-48 Snow Hill St., next to an existing four-story building. Read more.
Adam Balsam presents the evidence that the skinniest house in Boston was originally part of a larger two-family house in the early 1870s, but, in story that would not sound unfamiliar today, decided to try to carve a third unit out of the property.
He's also created a skinny-house chronology.
The spite house of Hull Street in the North End can be yours for $1.2 million.
H/t Cara.
The Hull Street "spite house" - which varies from 6.2 to 10.4 feet in width - is up for sale.
The Boston Fire Department reports an early morning fire at 52 Hull St. displaced 18 residents in three buildings and sent two firefighters to the hospital with minor injuries. Read more.
The Boston Fire Department responded around 7 a.m. to a roof fire at 22 Hull St. for a roof fire.
The cause of the fire, quickly doused, is under investigation.
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