1
: located above the ground floor in a building with no elevator
a walk-up apartment
2
: consisting of several stories and having no elevator
a walk-up tenement
3
: designed to allow pedestrians to be served without entering a building
the walk-up window of a bank
: an apartment or office building of several stories that has no elevator
also
: an apartment or office in such a building
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Gabriela Ulloa, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2025
Assistant Planner Sophia Depew said the project includes dual drive-thru lanes that can queue up to 26 vehicles, a walk-up window, and three parking spaces.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
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Adjective
The third-floor walk-up has been renovated, but the old-school charm remains in its hardwood floors, ample windows, and brick façade.
—Gabriela Ulloa, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2025
Assistant Planner Sophia Depew said the project includes dual drive-thru lanes that can queue up to 26 vehicles, a walk-up window, and three parking spaces.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
The rewarding gallery of characters who pass through the Brusteins’ modest walk-up, authentically rendered by the Dots design collective, go a long way to enriching Hansberry’s construct.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
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“Walk-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walk-up. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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