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Recent Examples of porte cochereThe porte cochere leads to an underground garage — a bonus for wealthy residents worried about their security for the same reasons that the characters in both films are.—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2025 Patients access the complex — created by merging a former law office, funeral home, car dealership and Dunkin’ Donuts — by driving around back where a porte cochere leads into a soaring atrium.—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025 Sitting on ocean cliffs, Ocean House is fronted by a porte cochere that leads into a double-height lobby finished with limestone and oak millwork.—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2025 This starts with the private porte cochere, which serves as a peaceful transition point between Midtown and the world of the building.—Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for porte cochere
Join the crowds taking photos of the ornate building from the piazza, and then ascend to the terrace to marvel at the 135 gargoyles and other carvings up close and take in the city’s skyline.
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Laura Itzkowitz,
AFAR Media,
3 Oct. 2025
With elegant piazzas, museums, historic cafes, and a growing culinary scene, Turin makes an ideal base for exploring the region.
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Alexandra Emanuelli,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Sep. 2025
As the undulant hills beyond the valley turned blue in front of me, a cat sauntered onto the veranda and wound its tail around my ankles.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Each of its 18, double-story villas has a private pool, a shaded courtyard, and a veranda that looks out across the waterways into the dense teak forest.
Following her conversations with Lythcott, one point of reference Escobedo returned to was the residential stoop, where so many of Harlem’s residents spend their time with their families and neighbors.
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Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
Most Americans descend from those with humble beginnings; standing in our kitchens, hallways, and stoops, visitors often imagine their ancestors in these spaces.
The roughly 2,700-square-foot main house sits amid more than 4,000 macadamia trees, along with avocado, finger lime, apple banana, and tangerine groves, offering sweeping ocean and landscape views from a broad lanai.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
6 Oct. 2025
The resulting footprint is T-shaped, creating numerous pockets of outdoor space just begging to be built out with cushy outdoor seating, raised garden beds, an al fresco dining room, or your very own lanai.
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Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Aug. 2025
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