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Today’s Urban Design Observation: A Building That Helps You Improve Your Aim

This building on Kenmare Street may not look special from the front.

But look at the left edge of it. The building is incredibly narrow, tapering almost to a point.

In Google Maps you can see it’s just a thin slice of a building.

The incredibly narrow footprint is fine for the Storefront for Art & Architecture gallery, which occupies the ground floor. But what’s upstairs, could anyone possibly live in a space so narrow?

I’m not sure, but it appears that someone has been using the top floor for archery. Well, if the floorplan fits….

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