A red brick apartment block in central London, England, on the north bank of the Thames

Tenement in Edinburgh

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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2062x1386, 503 KB) Red brick flats in central London, on the north bank of the Thames (a more detailed location is not known) Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in June 2005 and released to the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2062x1386, 503 KB) Red brick flats in central London, on the north bank of the Thames (a more detailed location is not known) Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in June 2005 and released to the public domain. ... Download high resolution version (598x800, 238 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (598x800, 238 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Edinburghs location in Scotland Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... An apartment (or flat) is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. ... A tower block, block of flats or apartment block is a high-rise apartment building. ...

A two-unit dwelling is known as a duplex (US) or maisonette (UK); a three-unit dwelling is known as a triplex. Residential dwellings can be built in a large variety of configurations. ...

United States

Apartment buildings are very popular multi-story buildings where three or more residences are contained within one structure. These apartment buildings can be found in almost every city in the United States with the exception of the most rural areas. Apartment buildings in suburban areas are generally occupied with tenants that either hold low or minimum wage jobs, or families just starting out and not yet able to afford a house mortgage. In more urban areas, an apartment close to the downtown area is preferred rather than a suburban house due to their proximity to jobs and/or public transportation. The distinction between apartments and condominiums is that while apartment buildings are owned by a single entity and rented out to many, condominiums are owned individually, while still paying a monthly or yearly fee for building upkeep. Condominums are often leased by their owner, giving the impression of being apartments. A tenant (from the Latin tenere, to hold), in legal contexts, holds real property by some form of title from a landlord. ... The minimum wage is the minimum rate a worker can legally be paid (usually per hour) as opposed to wages that are determined by the forces of supply and demand in a free market. ... A mortgage (literal translation: death pledge) is a device developed in the common law world, whereby the ownership of property is passed from one person -- the mortgagor -- to another -- the mortgagee in return for the loan of money. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... A taxi serving as a bus Public transport comprises all transport systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles. ... Insert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text here--163. ...

"Tenement" is a label usually applied to the least expensive, most basic apartment blocks in older sections of large cities. The connotations associated with the word are poverty, crowding, and lack of amenities. (However, tenements in certain areas of New York City - in particular the East Village and Williamsburg - which once only housed recent immigrants have become highly sought after, and some rent for prices that would have been at one time considered exhorbitant.) Similar in nature to tenement housing and equally stigmatized are public housing projects, usually refered to as "the projects". Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Avenue A from Tompkins Square Park The East Village is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City. ... The Williamsburg Bridge connects the Brooklyn neighborhood to Manhattan Williamsburg is a neighborhood in northern Brooklyn, New York City. ... Public housing or social housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ...

All rights in the land that happen to pass with the conveyance of the land is described as tenements. Tenement is a broad term covering rights to buildings, fences, easements, and rents.

Scotland

During the 19th century tenements became the predominant type of new housing in Scotland's industrial cities. (In Northern England, 'back-to-back' terraces were more common). Scottish tenements are usually four to six stories in height, with three or four flats on each floor. They are sometimes still referred to as closes or closies (a reference to the passageway through which entry is gained). Stairs and landings are generally designated 'common areas', so residents must take it in turns to sweep clean the floors (this rarely happens in practice). Tenement flats are the most common form of accommodation for students who have moved out of University Halls (dorms). Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) (Scots: Wha daur meddle wi me) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... A street of British Victorian/Edwardian terraced homes. ... A typical American college dorm room A dormitory or dorm is a place to sleep. ...

Tenements in Glasgow were originally built with public houses on the ground floor, one for every 200 people. Many of these pubs have since been converted into housing. An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... Floor numbering in a building can cause misunderstandings between speakers of different varieties of the English language. ...

Many multi-storey tower blocks were built in the UK after the Second World War. These are gradually being demolished and replaced with low-rise buildings or housing estates. In Scotland those that remain are usually called simply multis. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... A housing estate is a medium-to-low density residential area, usually part of a suburb of a town or city in a developed country. ...

In contrast to most other parts of the world where the designation "tenement" implies poverty and deprivation, Scotland's remaining tenements are mostly of high quality construction and are now much sought after. In Glasgow, where Scotland's highest concentration of tenement dwellings can be found, the urban renewal projects of the 1950s, 60s and 70s brought an end to the city's slums; slums that consisted of older tenements built in the early 19th century. They were replaced by high-rise blocks that, within a couple of decades, were riddled with crime and poverty. The tenement, it would seem, was more than just an architectural style, but a means to build and galvanise communities.

Today's tenement dwellers are typically young professional people keen to live close to the city centres of Scotland. Most young people living in Scotland's cities will buy a tenement as their first step on the property ladder.