The Primal Loft
December 21st, 2008 | Published in Architecture, Design | 5 Comments
In this article from The NY Times author Elizabeth A. Harris documents the interesting (and totally rad) culture of loft living in NY, particularly Brooklyn. I’m currently looking for a place to call home (hopefully in Brooklyn) and found the article, and especially the pictures, completely inspiring. One of my favorite lofts (pictured above) was built-out by Mark Reigelman, a 25-year old designer from Cleveland, who lives in a Bushwick loft his with his cousin and friend. Reigelman is trained in sculpture and industrial deisgn, and along with his original roommate, built three bedrooms and a loft office out of the empty space. “It was like a blank canvas,” Reigelman said of the apartment. I would love the opportunity to take on a project like this. If anyone’s looking for a roommate…
December 21st, 2008 at 1:27 pm (#)
I have a lot of art school friends who do the Bushwick-loft thing, and I considered moving out there as well – but my roommates and I found a pretty stellar apartment for ridiculously cheap in West Harlem (a “true four bedroom” in real estate lingo)
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:26 pm (#)
I’ll actually be moving into a friend’s Bushwick loft on Moore St. in the beginning of February. It was definitely an interesting read, and gives a nice perspective on what to do with the space. If you end up making it to BK, hit me up!
December 24th, 2008 at 9:21 am (#)
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/fee/962813036.html
Any thoughts? I’m thinking about seeing it this weekend.
December 27th, 2008 at 6:27 pm (#)
That seems way too good to be true! A 3BR loft space on the UES for 1600 a month?! Unless “UES” stands for something else than “Upper East Side”…I lived in a modest 2BR with a roommate on 80th and 2nd for a bit more than that and still considered it to be a good deal.
But by all means, check it out, and if it turns out to be the real deal, take it!!
November 1st, 2009 at 2:46 pm (#)
So how did the loft search go? Whatever happened?