boardinghouse

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Jones, who was so brilliant in Daniel’s production of “King Hedley II” at A Noise Within is just as luminous here as the calming force at the boardinghouse.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2025

Another is Marie-Christine Lippman, whose family foundation runs a boardinghouse on land owned by Sothea’s family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Years later, she expressed regret about the way she had depicted a Black character who lives at the boardinghouse with the protagonist.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Their gathering place, a Victorian boardinghouse, was christened Casa Susanna after one of its founders, Susanna Valenti, a translator and broadcaster, who was married to Marie Tonell, a New York wig maker.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023

He had examined every lead, checked every hotel, visited every boardinghouse and real estate agent, and yet now he had to begin his search anew.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson