STRANGE BUILDINGS The Shoe House Along the Lincoln Highway, near a small town in the state of Pennsylvania, you can see one o

STRANGE BUILDINGS
The Shoe House
Along the Lincoln Highway, near a small town in the state of Pennsylvania, you can see one of
the strangest, funniest, most unusual buildings in the US. It’s the Shoe House. It looks exactly
like a gigantic shoe, but, at almost eight meters high, it’s a lot bigger than any ordinary shoe or
boot! These days, it’s a museum and ice-cream shop but, unbelievably, it was once someone’s
home.
Unsurprisingly, perhaps, a boot and shoe manufacturer built the house in 1948 because he wanted
a home that was also an advertisement for his business. He gave one of his boots to a local
architect and said, ‘Build me a house like this!’ Fortunately, the architect knew exactly what to
do, and designed a five-storey, three-bedroomed house. At first, the owner decided to make a
home in his wonderful new building, but then he moved into another house – it wasn’t comfortable
or luxurious enough for a successful businessman!
After he left, he invited old people to stay in the house for luxury weekends. The people had a
maid, a cook, and a driver to look after them! And everyone got a free pair of shoes when they
left!
The Toilet-shaped House
This is the weirdest house in South Korea. In 2007, the mayor of the city of Suwon decided to
construct a two-storey mansion which looked exactly like an enormous toilet. And naturally there
is a big hole in the top! It cost over a million dollars to build and is one of the most expensive
homes in the city. It is also one of the best for the environment as the house has some of the
world’s best technology for saving water. It also has a roof-top balcony, and, of course, it has four
of the most elegant bathrooms you can imagine, including a large, glass-walled bathroom right
at the centre of the house.
The mayor didn’t build the house to show off. He had a political reason for spending all that
money on something so strange. The first important meeting of the World Toilet Association (or
WTA) took place at the house, and both the mayor and the WTA wanted to bring attention to the
fact that two billion people in the world don’t have a toilet. Building a huge toilet in the shape of
a house is a great way of doing that!
Following the death of the mayor, the house is now a museum and it teaches people about the
history of toilets. And, if you think that’s funny, wait until you hear the name of the house. In
Korean, it’s called Haewoojae. In English, that means ‘a peaceful place where you don’t have to
worry about things’. Isn’t that the perfect name for a house – and a toilet?!
1. What do people sell in the Shoe House?
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2. How many floors are there in the house?
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3. When did the old people stay in the house?
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4. How many bathrooms are there in the Toilet House?
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​5. Why did the mayor build the House?
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