The growing population increasing the problem of place for living, and many regions make urban developers scratch their heads in an attempt to make room for everyone.

Lands are expensive and short in supply, the only logical option is to build tall structures rather than wide. 

This solution has produced many tall and skinny building and sometimes they look really funny. Not every building is built narrow just to make use of all available space. As it turns out, probably the narrowest building in Beirut, Lebanon, was built not because of the lack of space, but out of pettiness.

The thin house, which measures around 60 centimeters (2 feet) at its narrowest and around 4 meters (13 feet) at its widest point, is called Al Basa in Arabic which translates to The Grudge.

The name of this wall-like structure has a history. According to the locals, the house was built in the 1950’s as an aftermath of a feud between two brothers.

Siblings got the land from their father. However, they couldn’t agree on what to build on the land. The argument went worse when one portion of the land was cut off by various municipal infrastructure projects, leaving it oddly shaped and close to the road.

The brother who was the owner of the oddly-shaped land decided to demonstrate his pettiness or ingenuity, depending on one’s perspective built the extremely narrow, yet habitable structure.

The value of the property decreased. Thus, the skinny building became an embodiment of a grudge between two siblings.

The building, which only has two apartments on each floor, served as a brothel and later became a refugee shelter for families fleeing war.

Today, the building is inhabited and serves as a reminder of a long-lasting feud. According to the local law, it is placed on a lot that is too small to build on, so it is good to leave it as is.

 

 

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