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City Sketchbook: This Boston House Turns Curious Heads

May 18, 2025

By Fred Lynch

Surrounded by streets of big brick buildings and accessible only through the alleyway, this very slender wooden house in Boston attracts affectionate glances but offers little explanation.

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Fred Lynch

Fred Lynch is a professor of illustration at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and an active sketcher with a long time affiliation with Urban Sketchers.

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