the first façade of number 3-7 dates back to the 1760s with many later additions; for example, the large northern window was the same size as the small southern until the 1960s, while its large 18th-century shutters show there once was a door here. in contrast, the plain façades of number 5 and 7 have an old feeling but is mostly a product of a later restorations: in 1963 the old mouldings and two of the original four windows of n.5 were removed, and the door of n.7 was placed where the southern window now is until the mid-1930s. the second alley, skeppar karls gränd is named after skipper karl, who bought a building in the alley in the 16th century, the alley at the time facing the big fish market and the adjacent waterfront where his ships were moored.