boardinghouse

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At Mrs. Riley’s boardinghouse, Ryui is taken under the wing of Torajiro “Jack” Baba, a cynical photographer with an avant-garde aesthetic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

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

Meanwhile, she took odd jobs, working as a maid at a boardinghouse, an office clerk, a stock clerk, a secretary in the state grain office and an assistant in a lawyer’s office.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2023

All five of them shared a single room in a Ballard boardinghouse next to the restaurant where her father worked.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2023

“He asked me if you might be spared from your duties here at the boardinghouse to perhaps take part in another investigation.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan