sentences.text: The Sam Kee Building is located at 8 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia and is noteworthy for being the narrowest commercial building in the world.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: Sam
sentences.text: Kee
sentences.text: Building
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: located
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: 8
sentences.text: West
sentences.text: Pender
sentences.text: Street
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Vancouver
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: British
sentences.text: Columbia
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: noteworthy
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: being
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: narrowest
sentences.text: commercial
sentences.text: building
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: world
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: At the turn of the 20th century, the Sam Kee Company was one of the wealthiest firms in Chinatown.
sentences.text: At
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: turn
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: 20th
sentences.text: century
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Sam
sentences.text: Kee
sentences.text: Company
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: one
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: wealthiest
sentences.text: firms
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Chinatown
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: It bought this land as a standard-sized lot in 1903, but the City widened Pender Street in 1912 and expropriated 24 feet (7.3 m) of the lot.
sentences.text: It
sentences.text: bought
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: land
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: standard-sized
sentences.text: lot
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 1903
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: City
sentences.text: widened
sentences.text: Pender
sentences.text: Street
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 1912
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: expropriated
sentences.text: 24
sentences.text: feet
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: 7.3
sentences.text: m
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: lot
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: In 1913 the architects Brown and Gillam designed this narrow, steel-framed building, only 4'11 " (1.5 m) at its ground-floor base and 6 feet (183 cm) at the second-story bay windows.
sentences.text: In
sentences.text: 1913
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: architects
sentences.text: Brown
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: Gillam
sentences.text: designed
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: narrow
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: steel-framed
sentences.text: building
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: only
sentences.text: 4'11
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: 1.5
sentences.text: m
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: its
sentences.text: ground-floor
sentences.text: base
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: 6
sentences.text: feet
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: 183
sentences.text: cm
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: second-story
sentences.text: bay
sentences.text: windows
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The basement extends under the sidewalk and originally housed public baths, while the ground floor was used for offices and shops and the top story for living quarters.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: basement
sentences.text: extends
sentences.text: under
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: sidewalk
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: originally
sentences.text: housed
sentences.text: public
sentences.text: baths
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: while
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: ground
sentences.text: floor
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: used
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: offices
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: shops
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: top
sentences.text: story
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: living
sentences.text: quarters
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Rehabilitation of the building for Jack Chow was designed by Soren Rasmussen Architect and completed in 1986.
sentences.text: Rehabilitation
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: building
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: Jack
sentences.text: Chow
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: designed
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: Soren
sentences.text: Rasmussen
sentences.text: Architect
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: completed
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 1986
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The building is considered the thinnest commercial building in the world by the Guinness Book of Records and Ripley's Believe it or Not!, but in recent years, this status has been challenged by the Skinny Building in Pittsburgh, which measures only 5'2 " (157 cm) in width.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: building
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: considered
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: thinnest
sentences.text: commercial
sentences.text: building
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: world
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Guinness
sentences.text: Book
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Records
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: Ripley
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: Believe
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: Not
sentences.text: !
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: recent
sentences.text: years
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: status
sentences.text: has
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: challenged
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Skinny
sentences.text: Building
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Pittsburgh
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: measures
sentences.text: only
sentences.text: 5'2
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: 157
sentences.text: cm
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: width
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The dispute centres around the fact that at 4'11 ", The Sam Kee Building is still the world's narrowest commercial building at the base, but Pittsburgh's Skinny Building maintains the same 5'2 " measurement on the second and third floors, where as Sam Kee building is 6' wide on the second floor.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: dispute
sentences.text: centres
sentences.text: around
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: fact
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: 4'11
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: Sam
sentences.text: Kee
sentences.text: Building
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: still
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: world
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: narrowest
sentences.text: commercial
sentences.text: building
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: base
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: Pittsburgh
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: Skinny
sentences.text: Building
sentences.text: maintains
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: same
sentences.text: 5'2
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: measurement
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: second
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: third
sentences.text: floors
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: where
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: Sam
sentences.text: Kee
sentences.text: building
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: 6'
sentences.text: wide
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: second
sentences.text: floor
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Nonetheless, the stainless-steel 1935 building built by William G. Singer at 15th Street at South Penn Square in Philadelphia measures 4-by-75-foot, with walls one-sixteenth of an inch thick.
sentences.text: Nonetheless
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: stainless-steel
sentences.text: 1935
sentences.text: building
sentences.text: built
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: William
sentences.text: G.
sentences.text: Singer
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: 15th
sentences.text: Street
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: South
sentences.text: Penn
sentences.text: Square
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Philadelphia
sentences.text: measures
sentences.text: 4-by-75-foot
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: walls
sentences.text: one-sixteenth
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: inch
sentences.text: thick
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Coordinates: 49 16 50 N 123 06 17 W / 49.280425, -123.104706
sentences.text: Coordinates
sentences.text: :
sentences.text: 49
sentences.text: 16
sentences.text: 50
sentences.text: N
sentences.text: 123
sentences.text: 06
sentences.text: 17
sentences.text: W
sentences.text: /
sentences.text: 49.280425
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: -123.104706
text: The Sam Kee Building is located at 8 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia and is noteworthy for being the narrowest commercial building in the world. At the turn of the 20th century, the Sam Kee Company was one of the wealthiest firms in Chinatown. It bought this land as a standard-sized lot in 1903, but the City widened Pender Street in 1912 and expropriated 24 feet (7.3 m) of the lot. In 1913 the architects Brown and Gillam designed this narrow, steel-framed building, only 4'11 " (1.5 m) at its ground-floor base and 6 feet (183 cm) at the second-story bay windows. The basement extends under the sidewalk and originally housed public baths, while the ground floor was used for offices and shops and the top story for living quarters. Rehabilitation of the building for Jack Chow was designed by Soren Rasmussen Architect and completed in 1986. The building is considered the thinnest commercial building in the world by the Guinness Book of Records and Ripley's Believe it or Not!, but in recent years, this status has been challenged by the Skinny Building in Pittsburgh, which measures only 5'2 " (157 cm) in width. The dispute centres around the fact that at 4'11 ", The Sam Kee Building is still the world's narrowest commercial building at the base, but Pittsburgh's Skinny Building maintains the same 5'2 " measurement on the second and third floors, where as Sam Kee building is 6' wide on the second floor. Nonetheless, the stainless-steel 1935 building built by William G. Singer at 15th Street at South Penn Square in Philadelphia measures 4-by-75-foot, with walls one-sixteenth of an inch thick. Coordinates: 49 16 50 N 123 06 17 W / 49.280425, -123.104706