The house also had an east-west orientation that provided optimum lighting and excellent cross ventilation during the hot summer months. Bear in mind the brick addition now housing the Library was not ...

The ancient city of Elengubu, known today as Derinkuyu, in Turkey was discovered when a man knocked down the basement wall to catch his chickens.

Housing code requires aboveground windows, separate exits, and adequate ventilation in basement rentals, but it doesn’t bar a landlord from assigning any dank cellar a certain Anglophilic flair.

A small basement fire, contained through a St. Ignatius High School employee shutting the door and calling the fire department, closed the school Thursday. The closure is to allow time for ...