Dumbbell tenements
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Jerarquía
Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name) > single built works (Built Environment) > <single built works by specific type> > <single built works by function> > residential structures > dwellings > multiple dwellings > apartment houses > tenement houses
Descripción
Apartment houses offering an improvement over standard long, narrow tenements by including air and light shafts between adjacent buildings resulting in characteristic dumbbell-shaped plans; common in New York City between 1879 and 1901, after which their construction was banned.
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Otros términos
- casas de vecindad dumbbell [es]
- dumbbell tenement [en]
- dumbbell tenement [nl]
- tenements, dumbbell [en]
- casa de vecindad dumbbell [es]