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I Could Build A PentYurt

Posted Friday, August 4th, 2006 by nycgadgetgirl

No no, not a yurt shaped like a pentagon!

This morning I was thinking about yurts again. (For those of you that are relatively new to my blog, I do that occasionally.) The new train of thought started at the dog run a few evenings ago. An acquaintance was talking about buying land upstate and building a cabin. I said build a yurt!!!

That got me thinking about the fact that I may never live in a yurt because I may never actually leave New York. My NYC dream used to be to build a house on top of a building. A little house with a white picket fence and a yard. That’s what a real penthouse is, you know… a house built on a roof. I’ve only been in one real penthouse so far, but it was quite nifty. Anyway… I’ve combined the old dream and the new dream and now I want to build a YURT on top of a building in NYC.

Now, I just need to be wealthy enough to buy some good roof rights and then have a yurt made out of some sort of sound blocking material. Cool.

PS I’ll let go of the Alpaca idea if I go with the pentyurt.

4 Responses to “I Could Build A PentYurt”

  1. Janet Says:

    pentyurt LOL!

  2. Debbie G. Says:

    Yeah… raising alpaca on the roof could be an iffy proposition.I wonder… would it be windy enough on the roof to require extra bracing for your pentyurt?

  3. nycgadgetgirl Says:

    yurts.com sells a "snow and wind kit!"

  4. dona Says:

    Hey just read your post about builing a yurt on a NYC rooftop- I am obsessed with doing this and am researching how to do it. Any more thoughts?