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Most renters faced two choices: Aging brick structures designed for lifestyles of the ’60s, ’70s or earlier, or even older two- and three-decker houses built for factory workers and later carved into apartments.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026
Will's dingy ground-floor one-bedroom apartment in a South Boston three-decker at 190 W. Sixth St. got renovated in 2012 and sold for $699,000 in 2017.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
Three Boston firefighters were taken to the hospital after battling a four-alarm blaze that began in a Dorchester three-decker and spread to two other homes Monday afternoon, leaving 30 people displaced, officials said.
—Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026
Will's dingy ground-floor one-bedroom apartment in a South Boston three-decker at 190 W. Sixth St. got renovated in 2012 and sold for $699,000 in 2017.
—Mike Deehan, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
Three Boston firefighters were taken to the hospital after battling a four-alarm blaze that began in a Dorchester three-decker and spread to two other homes Monday afternoon, leaving 30 people displaced, officials said.
—Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
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“Three-decker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/three-decker. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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