Cooking itself will become a luxury and houses will be built without kitchens, just as they are now being built without fireplaces.

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They are smaller where there are fireplaces or built-ins, and they are far narrower in the center, where one can just about touch a finger on a stair banister and the other on the far wall.

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The classic apartment has high ceilings, elaborate original molding, fireplaces, and loads of built in bookshelves and cabinets.

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