dumbbell tenement

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• dumbbell tenement — noun Etymology: so called from its resemblance in shape to a dumbbell : a tenement building formerly common in New York City and having a long narrow plan characterized by two narrow air wells at each side …   Useful english dictionary

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• Old Law Tenement — Old Law Tenements are tenements built in New York City after the Tenement House Act of 1879 and before the New York State Tenement House Act of 1901. The 1879 law required that every inhabitable room have a window opening to plain air, a… …   Wikipedia

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