walk-ups
No-elevator buildings
Walk-ups are customers or clients who arrive without an appointment or reservation: The clinic accepts walk-ups on Wednesdays.
A walk-up is also a building without an elevator, or an apartment in such a building: She lives in a fourth-floor walk-up.
The term can modify nouns: walk-up service, walk-up window.
Scheduled air travel segments
- climbAscend using effort
- staircaseIndoor flight of steps
- landingDescent's final moment
- stairwellEnclosed vertical passage for stairs
treads · risers · banister · handrail · steps · stoop · landings · multistory
Multi-unit urban dwelling
- brownstoneSandstone-faced urban dwelling
- flatLacking vertical variation
- rentalPaid temporary use
- leaseTemporary use contract
landlord · tenant · studio · one-bedroom · two-bedroom · sublet · co-op · prewar
Small entry porch
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
sidewalk · brick · facade · streetscape · block · avenue · Manhattan · Brooklyn
Flat service surface
- orderingPlacing in sequence
- pickupSmall open-bed truck
- fast-foodRapidly prepared meals
- window-serviceTransaction through an opening
takeout · kiosk · quick-service · grab-and-go · pedestrian · curbside
flights
Scheduled air travel segments
stairwell · treads · risers · banister · handrail · steps · stoop · landings · multistory · winded
tenement
Multi-unit urban dwelling
- brownstoneSandstone-faced urban dwelling
- flatLacking vertical variation
- rentalPaid temporary use
lease · landlord · tenant · studio · one-bedroom · two-bedroom · sublet · co-op · prewar · rowhouse
stoop
Small entry porch
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- boroughAdministrative town or district
cityscape · sidewalk · brick · facade · streetscape · block · avenue · Manhattan · Brooklyn · Queens
counter
Flat service surface
window-service · takeout · kiosk · quick-service · grab-and-go · pedestrian · curbside
- housingapartments, home, house, houses, homes
- urban neighborhoodsboutiques, galleries, row houses, cafes, bungalows
- tenementsapartment, railroad flat, railroad apartment, cold water flat, airshaft
- box officebox office, gross, worldwide gross, opening weekend, ticket sales
- Greenwich VillageWashington Square Park, Christopher Street, West Village, Washington Square, Stonewall Inn
- Italian neighborhoodsLittle Italy, North End, Italian heritage, Italian bakeries, Italian delis
walk-upshigh-rises
Multi-story urban buildings
tower blocks · high-rise apartments · skyscrapers · residential towers · single-family homes