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A man cave, mancave, or manspace, and less commonly a manland or mantuary is a male retreat or sanctuary in a home, such as a specially equipped garage, spare bedroom, media room, den, basement, or tree house. The term "man cave" describes an area in the home where a man can do as he pleases in a masculine space. In 2005, Paula Aymer of Tufts University suggested it was the "last bastion of masculinity". (Full article...)

• ... that a conversion plan led to the "Battle of the Century"?
• ... that the neighborhood of Colonia Federal was built by employees of the Mexican Secretariat of the Interior to create exclusive housing for civil servants?
• ... that the Sofia, a condominium building in New York City, was originally a parking garage?
• ... that a condominium conversion of Manhattan House cost US$1.1 billion and took ten years?
• ... that although the Wilbraham was built as an apartment building for bachelors, more women than men lived there by 1929?
• ... that following its closure, the former Admiral Beatty Hotel was converted into a senior citizens' apartment building?
• ... that you can see the sea from every apartment in Arlington House, Margate?
• ... that residents at Alterlaa, a housing complex in Vienna, have large concrete planters in which plants can be grown?

... that the Phipps Bridge housing estate has been described as "one of south London's most notorious crime vortexes"?

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