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peppertree

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4. The problem is that w/o controls, they'll all become "lofts"

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2023, 12:05 PM

Aug 2023

i.e. open floor-plan spaces for the bohemian, prodigal sons of already wealthy people.

"This was a shirt factory at the turn of the century, can you believe it Muffy?"

"I think it set a record for the number of deaths in a single industrial fire - or something."

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