Once upon a time in Soho, when the city had bottomed out and its factories had largely abandoned their cast-iron buildings, the loft was born. It’s a story we all know well: First came the artists, who colonized the empty spaces and put up with the freezing winters. They were joined by the gays and like-minded urban adventurers, who made loft living synonymous with downtown bohemian culture … and then pseudo-bohemian culture, as well as gay and gayish yuppie culture, and finally, luxury urban living. The idea of the loft spread far beyond Soho, so that by the end of the most recent building boom you could purchase “New York–Style Loft” apartments in downtown Houston or the wealthy neighborhoods of Bogotá. The loft had become one of our most clever inventions and cultural exports.
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