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    3511 reacted to HFN01's post in the thread 1/5/26 Bronx 5th Alarm Box 2750 with Like Like.
    Capt, with all due respect, I have to disagree with the notion they should never put the FAST truck to work for fire duty. The example I...
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    3511 replied to the thread 1/17/26 Bronx 10-75 Box 2959.
    By the official records of New York City, yes. By the knowledge and experience of those who grew up in these buildings, yes. By CIDS, no.
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    3511 reacted to bf231's post in the thread 1/17/26 Bronx 10-75 Box 2959 with Like Like.
    There were many reasons(financial mainly) and ways developers came up with the overall height of a building and the amount of stories a...
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    3511 replied to the thread 1/17/26 Bronx 10-75 Box 2959.
    Yes. And developers In the 1920s found that renters would not climb above the fifth floor.
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    3511 replied to the thread 1/17/26 Bronx 10-75 Box 2959.
    A ground floor apartment. I had friends who lived in them and that's what they were called.
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    3511 replied to the thread 1/16/26 Manhattan 2nd Alarm Box 1133.
    Yeah, confusing. City record calls it one unit, real estate listing says two. Watched virtual tour of the inside, beautiful. Maybe with...
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    3511 replied to the thread 1/17/26 Bronx 10-75 Box 2959.
    I believe we are saying the same thing now.
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    3511 replied to the thread 1/17/26 Bronx 10-75 Box 2959.
    "Cellar apartments were usually below grade where the building superintendents ("supers") usually lived." Five or six story fall...
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    3511 replied to the thread 1/17/26 Bronx 10-75 Box 2959.
    To my understanding CIDS information is gathered primarily from building inspections by the administrative company and/or response area...
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    3511 replied to the thread 1/17/26 Bronx 10-75 Box 2959.
    No elevator. That's what "walk-up" means.
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    3511 replied to the thread 1/17/26 Bronx 10-75 Box 2959.
    Thank you. You're making my point. CIDS is often incorrect. Official City housing records listed as a five story. And it's the building...
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    3511 replied to the thread 1/17/26 Bronx 10-75 Box 2959.
    https://maps.app.goo.gl/h3rHtbb7dvmCr5aC9 (You may have to highlight this link to get it to connect.) 2839 Decatur Avenue, five-story...
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    3511 replied to the thread 1/17/26 Bronx 10-75 Box 2959.
    No, ground floor apartments accessible from the street, below the first story. Cellar apartments were usually below grade where the...
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    3511 replied to the thread 1/17/26 Bronx 10-75 Box 2959.
    Five-story walk-up with additional walk-ins on the ground floor... Exactly like the one I grew up in on Decatur Avenue. Probably the...
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    3511 reacted to JohnnyGage's post in the thread News of Members with Like Like.
    Happy Birthday wishes to the one and only Bob Rainey...Wishing you a day filled with joy and laughter.
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