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  • noun Alternative form of low-rise.

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Examples

  • The classic example is a lowrise warehouse into artist lofts ... hey, like the Rainer Brewery.

    Could Adapting Office Buildings to Residential Work in Seattle? « PubliCola 2010

  • And accordingly I think it would be good for Seattle area neighborhoods to have greater variety of housing choices (not just 5-over-1 midrise, but also better lowrise and townhomes too) so that more options exist for different household types.

    Report Card Gives Low Marks to City Council Members « PubliCola 2010

  • The scourge of the townhouses became such a hot-button issue that it drew then-Mayor Nickels into the fray, and addressing the issue became a focus of the lowrise component of the multifamily code update process.

    Taking on the Townhouse Scourge « PubliCola 2010

  • Seattle will grow up into a real city eventually, and though the lowrise multifamily code update may seem relatively modest, it is nevertheless one of the many small steps that will help us get there.

    Taking on the Townhouse Scourge « PubliCola 2010

  • She believed that residential and commercial activity should be in the same place, that the safest neighbourhoods teem with life, short winding streets are better than long straight ones, lowrise housing is better than impersonal towers, that a neighbourhood is where people talk to one another.

    Goodbyes 2010

  • There he was, dressed in a surprisingly un-ironic green sweatshirt and dark rinse lowrise skinny jeans.

    Buzzine » Brooklyn Bound 2009

  • Build LLC, would you be willing to expand your pro bono concept to working with a neighborhood group Roosevelt being the obvious choice to do concept designs attractive affordable townhomes or lowrise?

    Build Blog » Raising the Bar #3: Well Executed Townhomes 2009

  • Necks week cood be seein dem furry knickrz poking owt of lowrise pantz!

    NOM proof glass - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • She believed that residential and commercial activity should be in the same place, that the safest neighbourhoods teem with life, short winding streets are better than long straight ones, lowrise housing is better than impersonal towers, that a neighbourhood is where people talk to one another.

    Planning Wisely 2006

  • She believed that residential and commercial activity should be in the same place, that the safest neighbourhoods teem with life, short winding streets are better than long straight ones, lowrise housing is better than impersonal towers, that a neighbourhood is where people talk to one another.

    April 2006 2006

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  • pants or underwear that ride low on the hip. Interestingly not related to highrise - a tall building.

    December 2, 2007

  • Also not related to a deadrise, probably.

    December 4, 2007

  • Although possibly related to moonrise. ;->

    December 4, 2007