Comments on: House with a skate-ramp http://boingboing.net/2012/09/20/house-with-a-skate-ramp.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 16:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Stephan http://boingboing.net/2012/09/20/house-with-a-skate-ramp.html#comment-1537742 Stephan Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182238#comment-1537742 Such a tiny house in Shibuya easily buys you a Brownstone in the West Village. I always wonder where these young married couples come up with that kind of money. At least they seem to be one-percenters with street cred. Such a tiny house in Shibuya easily buys you a Brownstone in the West Village.
I always wonder where these young married couples come up with that kind of money.
At least they seem to be one-percenters with street cred.

]]> By: Benjamin Pask http://boingboing.net/2012/09/20/house-with-a-skate-ramp.html#comment-1537715 Benjamin Pask Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182238#comment-1537715 The bowl looks unskateable, but that probably doesn't matter if you're the sort of poser who has a 'vintage' board like the one in the photo. The streets of Shibuya - and Tokyo as a whole - are rad to skate, like what this guy does:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYLPUZyg8yg The bowl looks unskateable, but that probably doesn’t matter if you’re the sort of poser who has a ‘vintage’ board like the one in the photo. The streets of Shibuya – and Tokyo as a whole – are rad to skate, like what this guy does: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYLPUZyg8yg

]]> By: Néojaponisme http://boingboing.net/2012/09/20/house-with-a-skate-ramp.html#comment-1537539 Néojaponisme Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182238#comment-1537539 Easily a $3 million property. It's in one of the most expensive areas of Tokyo and required custom design. Good news is people this rich also have another $1 million to re-do it when they realize this is totally unpractical.  Easily a $3 million property. It’s in one of the most expensive areas of Tokyo and required custom design.

Good news is people this rich also have another $1 million to re-do it when they realize this is totally unpractical. 

]]> By: robdobbs http://boingboing.net/2012/09/20/house-with-a-skate-ramp.html#comment-1537266 robdobbs Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182238#comment-1537266 "Soaping"? Like those shoes from the late '90s - early aughts? Are those still a thing? “Soaping”? Like those shoes from the late ’90s – early aughts? Are those still a thing?

]]> By: Shibi_SF http://boingboing.net/2012/09/20/house-with-a-skate-ramp.html#comment-1537251 Shibi_SF Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182238#comment-1537251 The ceiling looks kinda low for the skateboarding ramp room.  The ceiling looks kinda low for the skateboarding ramp room. 

]]> By: Jesseham http://boingboing.net/2012/09/20/house-with-a-skate-ramp.html#comment-1537176 Jesseham Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182238#comment-1537176 One of my favorite teachers at the Art Institute of Seattle had a >12' quarter-pipe in his house in Wilkeson, WA, which was also a defunct diner and had previously been a boarding house. One of my favorite teachers at the Art Institute of Seattle had a >12′ quarter-pipe in his house in Wilkeson, WA, which was also a defunct diner and had previously been a boarding house.

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