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Withholding Rent, a Loft Tenant Comes Out on Top.
- Source :
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New York Times . 6/9/2012, Vol. 161 Issue 55797, p18. 0p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- A sign above the entrance to Margaret Maugenest's pale-coral Brooklyn building proclaims, ''Artists in residence on 2nd-3rd-4th floors.'' That has been true since 1979, when a few artists took over the building, an abandoned shoe factory on Nevins Street, in Gowanus, and began dividing it into lofts. Now, a colony of artists, writers and musicians lives and works in sunny high-ceilinged lofts that belie the peeling plaster and dusty wooden steps of the corridors connecting them. They have another occupation, too: fighting to bring their building -- not originally intended for residential use -- in compliance with the building code. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03624331
- Volume :
- 161
- Issue :
- 55797
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New York Times
- Publication Type :
- News
- Accession number :
- 76439377