Porters' lodge

A lodge is a place in the entrance of a building where porter do their duty. You receive visitors, residents and employees of the building, provide information and assist with inquiries.

In particular, university accommodation in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada have gatehouses ( porters ' lodges ). As such, you can call the majority of the colleges of universities, such as Cambridge, Oxford, Durham and Toronto. The doorman of the apartment buildings usually receive the mail of members of the College and are the hub for video surveillance systems (English Closed-circuit television), and alarm systems.

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