tenement house

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Recent Examples of tenement house Shells from the tavern in the basement of Gladstone’s Land, a tenement house in the Scottish capital, filled in gaps in the building’s brickwork. Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025 The Tenement Museum comprises two preserved tenement houses on the Lower East Side. Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 27 May 2025 Whatever the publishers’ intent, these reporters did cover serious news: strikes, presidential races, unsafe factory conditions, overcrowded tenement houses, the aftermath of hurricanes and earthquakes. Susan Faludi, The New York Review of Books, 15 Aug. 2024 The chef’s table inside the kitchen proves the best seat in this 100-year-old tenement house. Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2024 Windows, at least on paper, have been legally required in all New York City bedrooms since at least 1867, as the city began to introduce new regulations for its cramped, often dangerous tenement houses. Curbed, 21 Mar. 2023 Construction workers renovating an old tenement house in Lodz, Poland, unearthed a surprising find: an untouched cache of hundreds of Jewish artifacts believed to have been hidden in advance of the Nazi occupation of the city. David I. Klein, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenement house
Noun
  • Investigators said Kaylee Goncalves, 21, was fatally stabbed on the third floor of the apartment house in the same room with another victim, Madison Mogen, 21.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • After witnessing Nillo driving erratically after leaving the commissioner’s apartment building, investigators stopped her and seized the vehicle.
    Joey Flechas, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The story continues after the tragic death of Arconia's doorman Lester, with the NYC apartment building now attracting secret billionaires, old-school mobsters and mysterious residents.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Tenement house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenement%20house. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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