Since then the collection has grown to more than 2,000 works, the majority of which are stored in a cramped, low-ceilinged basement.

Mr. Pavon lives in the center's cramped basement with 23 other men.

In 1934, he opened a club in a cramped basement on Charles Street, with one bathroom, one exit and no entertainment license.

These programs are now run out of the old church's cramped basement, which does not have a kitchen or enough exits to accommodate much of a crowd.

The cramped basement holds 20,000 hardcover classics and pulpy paperbacks, priced 25 cents to $750.

The early immigrants lived and worked mainly in cramped basements and attics within the Tower Hamlets area.

In the cramped basement, this is his transcendence.

Mr. Tindall moved into a cramped basement under the diner and continued for a few more years before acknowledging defeat.

The principal in Queens said his school - which "prides itself on being a state of mind" - completely filled a cramped, windowless basement.

The heat in the cramped basement rapidly grew.