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panels and sandstone pilasters and painted ornaments. The landings feature murals of landscapes and houses. One of them is of the
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with transforming it into two separate apartment buildings in 1851–1852. Stilling added two extra floors. Cassabadan opened a bar in the basement of No. 242B.
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