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English: In wartime Los Alamos, most residents lived in hastily constructed housing. Houses with amenities like bathtubs were rare and reserved for the highest ranking members of the Manhattan Project. These well-built homes with their luxurious bathtubs gave this street the nickname “Bathtub Row.” The Los Alamos Ranch School originally built these homes for faculty and to hold special events. When the Manhattan Project purchased the school property, the buildings became homes to high-ranking Manhattan Project leaders, including Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, Hans Bethe, and William “Deak” Pearsons. Most project workers lived in government-built housing, constructed in a rush and lacking amenities that many contemporary Americans considered normal. Houses on this street were among the few with bathtubs, giving the street its name.