Making Use of Available Space

It's interesting to watch Tokyo always in a state of rebuilding, always putting up something bigger, better, nicer, always making use of available space.

I recall one 4 or 6 story building that was triangular and I was convinced that standing inside with outstretched arms one could reach to the ends of any side. I think that building is now gone. But here's another, a couple miles from that point, that's somewhat similar.

I walked up close and guestimated. I'm pretty sure it's no wider than 2 feet across the narrow end, and about 15 feet across the wider end. There is a veterinary office in the lower part (also indicated by the yellow sign), and appear to be some apartments in the wider end. Above the veterinarian in the narrow end, one wonders if they're efficiency apartments or perhaps offices. Possibly each upper floor is just one wedge shaped apartment.

It's hard to see from this picture, but the entire cluster of buildings also form a larger triangle in the available space between two roads. (You can see the little road at left, and the sidewalk for a large road at right.)