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tenement

[ten-uh-muhnt] / ˈtɛn ə mənt /


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Roy Porter’s kaleidoscopic portrait of 18th-century England captures high and low society, from stately home to poor tenement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

“We lived a teeny tenement apartment on 29th and 2nd Avenue above the Wonderland Blues Bar,” Brooks says.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

Vilo was later spotted in the window of the tenement building by nearby residents.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

Riis exposed Lower East Side slum conditions in tenement photographs that would form the basis for his renowned book, “How the Other Half Lives.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2025

If you look at the floors of an old tenement, you’ll see layers upon layers of linoleum from different years.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez




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