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unusual facts about row houses



Pontalba Buildings

According to Christina Vella, historian of modern Europe, the Pontalba buildings were not the first apartment buildings in the United States, as is commonly believed, because they were originally built as row houses, not apartments.


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Hudson Square

Purchased from Burr in 1817, the land was then developed into federalist-style row houses by fur magnate John Jacob Astor.