OpenAI · Wired
They landed their bid, but quickly learned that what they picked up was a narrow 82-foot-long easement alongside the house
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“I couldn’t insure it,” says JJ Hollingsworth, the alley’s then-reluctant owner.
Key facts
- Together they paid $26,000 for the property, then put up another $10,000 to pave the road
- Both the art submissions and the auction end on Tuesday, April 7, at 1 pm PT
- The submissions will eventually be arranged in a collage made up of 6-by-6-inch squares per art piece
- The top 1,280 squares will be the ones officially placed on the pavement, and the entire installation will stretch the length of the 80-foot paved road
Summary
Last year, a couple in San Francisco accidentally paid way too much money for a dirt road. They won their bid, but quickly learned that what they bought was a narrow 82-foot-long easement alongside the house that nothing could be built upon. After reading about Hollingsworth’s story in the San Francisco Standard, three local “tech pranksters” offered to buy the alley from Hollingsworth. Together they paid $26,000 for the property, then put up another $10,000 to pave the road.