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A log house, or log building, is a structure built with horizontal logs interlocked at the corners by notching. Logs may be round, squared or hewn to other shapes, either handcrafted or milled. The term "log cabin" generally refers to a smaller, more rustic log house, such as a hunting cabin in the woods, that may or may not have electricity or plumbing. (Full article...)

• ... that a former radio host got a free apartment in New York City's King Manor and lived there for more than three decades?
• ... that in 2014, one could pay half a million US dollars to live in a former residence for people with tuberculosis?
• ... that the Sofia, a condominium building in New York City, was originally a parking garage?
• ... that the Twin Parks housing project in New York City, the site of a January 2022 fire that killed seventeen people, won architectural awards after it was constructed in the early 1970s?
• ... that entrepreneur Ian Schrager paid a record $9 million for two apartments at the Majestic in New York City, but he never lived there?
• ... that the Bluey special "The Sign" reminded a Sydney Morning Herald reporter of Australia's housing crisis?
• ... that the building housing the city council of Palembang, Indonesia, was claimed to be the "grandest" of its kind?
• ... that following its closure, the former Admiral Beatty Hotel was converted into a senior citizens' apartment building?

... even though the Housing Act of 1949 called for building more housing, some projects saw more housing units destroyed than built?

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