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  2. Tower block - Wikipedia

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    A tower block, high-rise, apartment tower, ... one reportedly having 200 stairs. [7] ... in 1961 and were the first tall council housing blocks on the island of ...

  3. Scissor section flat - Wikipedia

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    The scissor section flat is a distinctive way of arranging the flats in an apartment block that was developed in the 1950s by London County Council Architects department. [1] The interlocking design provides a way of maximising the space given to flats in any building volume by reducing the space needed for entrance corridors and providing a ...

  4. Locust Point, Baltimore - Wikipedia

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    Locust Point has been called "Baltimore's Ellis Island" because the neighborhood was once the third largest point of entry for immigrants to the United States after Ellis Island and the Port of Philadelphia. From 1868 until the closure of the Locust Point piers in 1914, 1.2 million European immigrants entered Baltimore through Locust Point. [4]

  5. Spite house - Wikipedia

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    The wooden building located between 23 and 25 River St. was the width of a standard stairway and allowed the butcher to block the sun to the neighbor's home and block the neighbor's view of the butcher's property at will. [22] [23] The butcher's son got along with the family next door and eventually tore down the Collinsville Spite House. [22]

  6. Building code - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of building codes is to provide minimum standards for safety, health, and general welfare including structural integrity, mechanical integrity (including sanitation, water supply, light, and ventilation), means of egress, fire prevention and control, and energy conservation. [9] [10] Building codes generally include:

  7. 5-over-1 - Wikipedia

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    4-over-1 and 3-over-1 in the background 5-over-1 style apartment buildings in Austin, Texas. 5-over-1 or over-1s, also known as a one-plus-five or a podium building, [1] is a type of multi-family residential building commonly found in urban areas of North America.

  8. List of islands of Maryland - Wikipedia

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    These Islands are relatively permanent, although some are disappearing on the scale of a few centuries, like Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay. There are also a number of unnamed islands in Maryland, many of which are very temporary in nature, lasting only a few years or decades, both in the tidal environment and also in Maryland's larger ...

  9. List of census-designated places in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    CDP Population (2020) [1] County Aberdeen Proving Ground: 1,668 Harford: Abingdon: 4,826 Harford: Accokeek: 13,927 Prince George's: Adamstown: 2,331 Frederick: Adelphi