Each building housed about 300 people, which made the building very tightly packed and overcrowded. ... The stairways were in the hallways as to avoid the original design that had the stairs at the front and rear ends of the building. ... No matter what people thought at the time, the tenement house act of 1879 was an important step in a sequence of events that would improve the lives of the underprivileged in New York City....

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• Grade Level: High School

I kept on thinking where did see that address of this house. ... The ride up to the house was the most spookiest ride I ever had. ... So I cleaned up the downstairs, then I went up stairs to clean up the rest of the of the mess. ... I got Eric and we left the house. ... I called my brother to give me a ride to the house. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This study will list the dangers that await firefighters as they go into the everyday house fire, with the new chemicals that houses have. ... Firefighters rescued from burning building To start off with I"ll address an event in which a firefighter was rescued form a burning house. ... Firefighters in Conn. ran into this new enemy in a small suburban house. ... They ran around the house looking in windows and finally the firefighters kicked in a window and pulled their friend to safety. ... If a builder is going to build a high-rise he/she must have safety plans and big enough stairs so that...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

After getting me in the truck, we where on our way to my house, less than a block away from the bar my stomach began to hurt really badly. ... When we got to my apartment building, it took every ounce of strength that I had to walk up three flights of stairs to my apartment. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The most horrifying experience of my life happened about a year ago when my best friend, her son, and I were involved in a serious house fire. ... The entire outside hallway, as well as the stairs, was engulfed in flames. ... Because Michael was terrified over all the things he had seen, Deb's grandmother took him over to her house and away from the crisis. ...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Rosemary's Baby The year is 1965 and a young couple is apartment shopping in New York City. Guy Woodhouse (the husband) is a struggling actor. The fact that Guy is a struggling actor later becomes a big theme in the movie. He is very obsessed with his work, often neglecting Rosemary. He desperat...

• Word Count: 2098
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School