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Someone recently pointed out there were really two buildings where there seemed to be one. Sure enough there is this gap you could fit two fingers in sided by side. Brick both sides... and a bit of electrical conduit just visible.
Open to the sky and as deep as the shorter building.
Why not a machine
so thin it can fit in the inch gap between buildings. Maybe sell gum and lifesavers. Could be ten feet tall and ten deep.
A red led with a random flash would help passersby notice it. "Pssst... Hey buddy want some gum?" it whispers.
I Remember seeing an old ugly green vending machine in an old gas station whose width was a bit more than the length of a Mars bar.
well I never...
http://books.google...AdQigcC&redir_esc=y
[po, Aug 29 2013]
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why do you have 1" gaps between buildings? |
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Lots of reasons I can think of. One building is put up first.
Later another building is put up next door, but one of the
owners doesn't want the buildings to touch. Might be for
noise insulation, fire protection, lesser risk of earthquake
damage spreading between the two buildings—who knows?
If I had a building, I don't think I'd want my neighbor using
my building's exterior wall as a support structure. What if I
want to remodel later? |
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I've seen these gaps as well. They're easy not to notice, but
are indeed very peculiar once you do. |
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Nah, the fire would look at the address and know not to bother the neighbour. |
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In some areas it'd be legals: I ran up against an ordinance that said I couldn't run a carport roof between two separately-owned houses which share a driveway; there'd have to be a break in the middle. |
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It wasn't carport specific, but no it didn't make much sense. |
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//why do you have 1" gaps between buildings?// |
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Because 2" would be a waste of space. |
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//why do you have 1" gaps between buildings?// |
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Actually, I have yet to see a GAP store of these dimensions. But perhaps, in accordance with [popbottle]'s idea, this might suggest another line of merchandise which could be vended through a one inch slit. I could imagine that clothes-lined Levis and other GAP apparel delivered by waist and inseam sizes (think alpha-numeric keypads like jukeboxes and, well, other general merchandise vending machines) might actually be sort of popular in a very busy and peripatetic society...especially amongst those fleeing crime scenes and/or surprised in flagrante delicto in inappropriate love trysts, for example. |
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I also thought it would be for legal reasons. At least one council statute mentions 'unattached' buildings. |
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By far the best legal reason would be the
storage of dried, thinly sliced lawyers … |
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