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Their first place had been a railroad flat, four flights up, three avenues over on Columbus, amid the drug dealers and the prostitutes, the opera singers and the social workers, fine for newlyweds starting out.
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Literary Hub,
9 July 2025
The apartment’s railroad flat configuration is a plus.
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Joanne Kaufman,
New York Times,
31 July 2024
Shelton moved with her five kids to a railroad flat on Blake Street in Berkeley.
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Sam Whiting,
San Francisco Chronicle,
23 Mar. 2022
Shortly after Howe was born, in 1940, her family moved from Buffalo to a railroad flat near Harvard Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Dan Chiasson,
The New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2019
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Literary Hub,
9 July 2025
The apartment’s railroad flat configuration is a plus.
—
Joanne Kaufman,
New York Times,
31 July 2024
Shelton moved with her five kids to a railroad flat on Blake Street in Berkeley.
—
Sam Whiting,
San Francisco Chronicle,
23 Mar. 2022
Shortly after Howe was born, in 1940, her family moved from Buffalo to a railroad flat near Harvard Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
—
Dan Chiasson,
The New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2019
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“Railroad flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railroad%20flat. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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