street floor

1. In a building, that floor which is nearest to street level; usually not more than a half story above or below street level; often the main floor of the building.

2. To qualify as a street floor under certain codes in the US, the floor level may not be more than 21 in. above or more than 12 in. below grade level at the main entrance.

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We subsisted, and were tremendously grateful to be in America, though we lived through hell and high water (literally, we had to evacuate through a street floor window into a canoe).

Illogical illegal immigration

The building and its street floor interior are designated landmarks of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission , and confirmed by the New York City Board of Estimate.

MilESTONES in MODERN ARCITECTuRE

of works deployed across a truly astonishing expanse of Greenwich Street floor space.

Rob Pruitt

The UAW committeemen admitted that "X was at least intimidated into leaving" and that they "accompanied him down the aisles, down the stairs, to the street floor, and to the outside door.

Rough manhood: the aggressive and confrontational shop culture of U.S. auto workers during World War II

The street floor will be rented to commercial firms, Alterman said.

MARK MORRIS: 20 YEARS OF SERIOUS FUN

Within five minutes after the fire was first seen in the basement room, it had traversed the entire street floor of the main building and had passed to the entrance to the Broadway Lounge.

THE 1942 COCOANUT GROVE FIRE: An All Too Familiar Tragedy

This sterile quality is totally absent at street level, where the escalators emerge under glass canopies which rise out of the street floor with great elegance and smoothness.

Basque underground

Along the way he postulates a relationship between Taoism and the Dow Jones industrial average, weaves in some Christian theology for good measure and fills his tale with characters raning from an old Confucian scholar who is obsessed by his relationship with his father to a middle-aged Wall Street floor trade who wishes he's never left the ivory tower of Columbia University.

Confessions of a Taoist on Wall Street

The private event will take place on Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at The XChange on 640 West 28th Street Floor 9 in New York City with performances by BMI talent Ron Browz ("Pop Champagne"), Kal and R&B Wranglers 718.

Modavox and XA Interactive Announce Broadcast Music, Inc.[R] (BMI) Partnership and Private Concert Event Live from New York on December 16

Tenders are invited for Selection of a contractor for execution of building construction works: "Reconstruction of a part of the internal water supply network and improvement of the street floor of the town of Kostadovo, municipality of Rakitovo - fifth stage, Chepinets street".

Selection Of A Contractor For Execution Of Building Construction Works: "reconstruction Of A Part Of The Internal Water Supply Network And Improvement Of The Street Floor Of The Town Of Kostadovo, Municipality Of Rakitovo - Fifth Stage, Chepinets Street"

CASE intervention kept clients from slipping through the cracks to the street floor.

AMERICANS IN NEED TIME AGAIN TO RALLY COMMUNITY RESOURCES

The only reason to be on a street floor is to offer services that people walking in off the street would want," Shapiro said.