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or less commonly rowhouse
: one of a series of houses connected by common sidewalls and forming a continuous group
Fundamentally, a row house is a building that stands cheek by jowl with its neighbors, often sharing a common wall.—
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On the morning of Islam’s funeral, the streets of Parkchester, a neighborhood of brick row houses and big-box stores, were blocked off on both sides of the expressway.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
The Kennedys paid $82,000 for the three-story row house, moving in with their baby daughter, Caroline, in 1958 and staying there until JFK’s January 1961 presidential inauguration.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
The hope is for the book to be published by the spring, to coincide with a row house tour.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
Two years painstakingly transforming a 200-year-old Philadelphia row house into the restaurant equivalent of a Formula 1 car; nearly 20 more honing his skills in kitchens across the city, learning, sharpening, waiting.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
The Kennedys paid $82,000 for the three-story row house, moving in with their baby daughter, Caroline, in 1958 and staying there until JFK’s January 1961 presidential inauguration.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
The hope is for the book to be published by the spring, to coincide with a row house tour.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
Two years painstakingly transforming a 200-year-old Philadelphia row house into the restaurant equivalent of a Formula 1 car; nearly 20 more honing his skills in kitchens across the city, learning, sharpening, waiting.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Row house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/row%20house. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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row house
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: any of a row of houses connected by common sidewalls
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