what is a tenemenent building?

Answer 1

a tenement building to my knowledge is like a really old urban building that about 100 years old and it was small and it had lots of small units where people sually families crammed in to save money

Answer 2

In the US, a tenement generally refers to a multi-unit apartment building that is low cost, somewhat rundown, and almost always with exterior fire escapes. Sometimes they have a "court" in the middle of the building so that interior rooms have air. Many of these tenements (a word derived from the Latin word tenere: to hold or enclose) were railroad flats, apartments with rooms running from the front to the back of the building, one after another, like railroad cars. There is a tenement museum in New York City. In fact, there are many so-called tenements in Manhattan (New York City) which have been remodeled and are now upscale apartments commanding rents in the area of three thousand a month for a smallish one or two bedroom apartment. The tenements were always walk-ups though now some have installed small elevators. A 5th floor walk-up was a strenuous athletic event for a mother carrying babies and groceries. Tenements were the first homes in America for many of the immigrants to NYC in the late 19th and early 20th century. Some were cold water flats which were just that. Water had to be heated on the stove to take a bath. Things were tough.

Answer 3

it is an old term for slum-type buildings in rough neighborhoods where the old gangs ran the streets, just like today! these big buildings were famous for having rotten landlords who wouldn't fix anything and although having low rent, they were usually full of roaches, rats and strange people and were pretty dangerous, like now. not run-down residential housing in some of the less desirable suburbs but big buildings that were left behind when the gentry moved to the country and the slum landlords bought them up cheap and rented them to people who came from the country or other countries and worked cheap and struggled. had to rent from the slum landlord, or gangsters. like you saw the streets in godfather 2 where the italians lived and vito go into "the business." such neighborhoods come and go. they will always be around somewhere. gotta be a place for the people to live. has a different meaning than government housing but the effects are often the same.

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Answer 4

An apartment building, block of flats or tenement is a multi-unit dwelling made up of several (generally four or more) apartments (US) or flats (UK). Where the building is a high-rise construction, it is termed a tower block in the UK and elsewhere. The term apartment building is used regardless of height in the US.

Guess we went to the same place.

Answer 5

An apartment building, block of flats or tenement is a multi-unit dwelling made up of several (generally four or more) apartments (US) or flats (UK). Where the building is a high-rise construction, it is termed a tower block in the UK and elsewhere. The term apartment building is used regardless of height in the US.

Answer 6

You mean tenement.
An apartment building, block of flats or tenement is a multi-unit dwelling made up of several (generally four or more) apartments (US) or flats (UK). Where the building is a high-rise construction, it is termed a tower block in the UK and elsewhere. The term apartment building is used regardless of height in the US.

Answer 7

A slum area. Tenements were built years back to give poor people affordable housing but they just turned into slums. Cabrini Green in Chicago is a good example of this and the city tore them down years ago and turned the neighborhoods into tony upscale areas.

Answer 8

The preceding answers are correct as far as they go, however, the word "tenement" generally implies government owned, or government subsidized housing for extremely poor people. In many areas of the US, tenement housing has been discontinued in favor of section 8 housing, in which the government subsidizes specific apartments or rental houses within standard communities. The theory behind this change was that clustering impoverished people together in tenements seemed to concentrate criminal activities within the tenement neighborhoods.

From my personal observations, it seems the change to section 8 hasn't been all that successful in curbing crime.

Answer 9

A tenemenent building was the equivalant of apartment buildings now...mostly low income.

Answer 10

Apartments, flats, condominiums,flats usually rented. Term often used in Glasgow,Scotland. Often have a bad image and reputation for crime.