讓我們來見識一下紐約最袖珍的住宅，寬9英尺半（約2.85米），高42英尺(12.6米），不過不要小看了這座小樓，人家的身價可不菲呢。這處住宅坐落于格林威治村的貝德福德大街，遠處看上去，就像一塊三明治一樣被塞在兩旁的建筑縫隙里。即使以寸土寸金的紐約標準來衡量，也是不折不扣的“小小樓”。由于它的獨特性，房地產商亞歷克斯表示，已有三個買家約在周四看房，“這個房子實在狹小，怎么做室內裝飾可得費一番心思了“，他說。對了，這處房產的要價是270萬美元。

A pedestrian takes a picture of the narrowest house in New York City, located at 75 1/2 Bedford Street in Greenwich Village, New York, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. It is 9 1/2 feet wide and 42 feet long and its asking price is $2.7 million.

It's 9 1/2 feet wide and 42 feet long and is billed as the narrowest?house in New York City. But there's nothing small about its asking price: $2.7 million.

Located at 75 1/2 Bedford St. in Greenwich Village, the red brick building was built in 1873, sandwiched in a narrow space that used to be an alley between homes at 75 and 77 Bedford.

The narrow house is considered a curiosity and is one of the neighborhood's most photographed homes. A small plaque on the house notes that poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once lived there; so did anthropologist Margaret Mead.

Real estate broker Alex Nicholas says there is interest in the property and he has appointments on Thursday to show the home to three different potential buyers.

The residential interiors are a tight squeeze even by New York standards, measuring just 8 1/2 feet wide and 42 feet long on each of its three floors.

"Due to the narrowness of the house, I think you have to be very clever in how you decorate," Nicholas said.

The current owners bought the house for $1.6 million in 2000.

The broker's Web site describes it as a vertical suite, with a kitchen, dining room and parlor on the first floor, a double living room on the second floor and a top-floor master bedroom suite. A trapdoor in the kitchen floor leads to a finished basement.

Large windows in the front and back of the house and a garret skylight, plus a small backyard garden, give it "an airiness, a sense of light and charm," Nicholas said.

He predicted the property will fetch its listed price due to its uniqueness, history and location in one of the city's most famous preserved neighborhoods.

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(Agencies)

Vocabulary:

garret：頂樓

skylight：天窗