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the room where families store everything they can't throw away or quite remember
means the space directly under a roof, used for storage or as a cramped extra room.
from From "Attic," meaning "of Attica," the region around Athens. In architecture, "Attic order" referred to a low decorative storey placed above the main classical columns of a building's facade — a style associated with Athenian taste. Over time "attic" slid from naming that top decorative storey to naming the cramped space tucked beneath the roof, so every dusty loft quietly carries the name of ancient Greece.
- name origin
- Named for Attica, Greece, and its decorative facades
- temperature trap
- Can hit 150°F in summer heat
- fire risk
- Old wiring and dry dust make ideal kindling
- horror staple
- Movies put noises up there for a reason
- hidden value
- Forgotten paintings and comics found in real attics
anne frank's hidden annex — jewish girl hid from nazis in amsterdam attic for 25 months (1942-1944)
mount wilson observatory attic — edwin hubble discovered the expansion of the universe from this california attic-like dome in 1929