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  2. Insula (building) - Wikipedia

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    Insula. (building) In Roman architecture, an insula (Latin for "island", pl.: insulae) was one of two things: either a kind of apartment building, or a city block. [1][2][3] This article deals with the former definition, that of a type of apartment building. Insulae housed most of the urban citizen population of ancient Rome 's massive ...

  3. Insula dell'Ara Coeli - Wikipedia

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    The Insula dell'Ara Coeli is one of the few surviving examples of an insula, the kind of apartment blocks where many Roman city dwellers resided. [1] It was built during the 2nd century AD, and rediscovered, under an old church, when Benito Mussolini initiated a plan for massive urban renewal of Rome's historic Capitoline Hill neighbourhood.

  4. List of the oldest buildings in New York - Wikipedia

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    1836 brick Federal-style building now used as clubhouse for city-owned golf course. [18] Anshe Slonim Synagogue: Lower Manhattan: 1849 Oldest surviving synagogue building in New York City 203 East 29th Street: Kips Bay, Manhattan: 1790/1870 Private owned house dated back from 1790 or 1870 based on different sources.

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Queens, New ...

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    This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Queens, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". [ 1 ]

  6. Queensbridge Houses - Wikipedia

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    Area code (s) 718, 347, 929, and 917. Queensbridge Houses, also known simply as Queensbridge or QB, is a public housing development in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York City. Owned by the New York City Housing Authority, the development contains 96 buildings and 3,142 units accommodating approximately 7,000 people in two ...

  7. Ancient Roman architecture - Wikipedia

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    509 BC (establishment of the Roman Republic)–4th century AD. The Colosseum, Rome, c. 70–80 AD. Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different from Greek buildings, becoming a new architectural style. The two styles are often ...

  8. Greater Astoria Historical Society - Wikipedia

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    The Greater Astoria Historical Society (GAHS) is a non-profit cultural and historical organization located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York, United States, dedicated to preserving the past and promoting the future of the neighborhoods that are part of historic Long Island City, including the Village of Astoria, Blissville, Bowery Bay, Dutch Kills, Hunters Point, Ravenswood ...

  9. Central Ridgewood Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Central Ridgewood Historic District is a national historic district in Ridgewood, Queens, New York. It includes 990 contributing buildings built between 1895 and 1927. They consist mainly of two-story, brick rowhouse dwellings with one apartment per floor. Buildings feature rounded bay front facades and the use of several shades of speckled brick.