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The home, built in 1984, features a guest suite with separate access as well as an attached 2-car garage, a 4-car outbuilding and a cistern for gardening.
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Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 1 Oct. 2024
Barely 1 kilometer from the site’s iconic step pyramid was an artificial cistern called a chultun, connected to a low-ceilinged cave.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 12 June 2024
While this cistern is very real, a host of mythical structures have long been rumored to lie beneath the National Mall.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Historic Green Village Anna Maria's Historic Green Village is a group of old buildings retrofitted with solar panels and rainwater cisterns to become a net-zero community.
—Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
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Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 1 Oct. 2024
Barely 1 kilometer from the site’s iconic step pyramid was an artificial cistern called a chultun, connected to a low-ceilinged cave.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 12 June 2024
While this cistern is very real, a host of mythical structures have long been rumored to lie beneath the National Mall.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Historic Green Village Anna Maria's Historic Green Village is a group of old buildings retrofitted with solar panels and rainwater cisterns to become a net-zero community.
—Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Cistern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cistern. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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