boardinghouse
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Then Miller enlisted investment help from his friend, railroad magnate Henry Huntington, transformed the boardinghouse into a hotel and renamed it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Eventually, Frieda leaves and moves into Gulls Nest, a seaside boardinghouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 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
Based on the 1979 novel of the same name by William Styron, this Academy Award-nominated film follows the increasingly intersected lives of three residents in a Brooklyn boardinghouse in 1947.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
“I’ve got a little money. Wouldn’t mind going to a boardinghouse and taking a bath,” Alex said.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
Though made more possible and more desirable by the latest technology, this way of living also recalls the country’s origins, he says, when many otherwise-private homes doubled as de facto inns or outright boardinghouses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Tourists jammed hotels and boardinghouses, but they were not the only newcomers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
Activities at recreational camps and boardinghouses were limited by the presence of wildfires in parts of the country, and the industry still hasn’t fully recovered after the declines recorded in May and June.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
Driscoll lived in boardinghouses to avoid cooking and house cleaning.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
The next morning Mrs. Bedlow led Lyddie down the street past all the corporation boardinghouses to the bridge that led to the factory complex.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
