Before Brownstones: A Loft Remembered

Apartment Therapy’s post on this East Williamsburg loft (above) made us a little nostalgic for our former place in Chinatown. In early 2000, we rented an 1,800-square-foot raw loft above Ferrara’s on Grand Street. The views on three sides from the sixth floor were amazing and the concrete floor and 12-foot vaulted ceilings made for a great party space. We had to build the entire place out on a budget of $20,000, which on an amortized basis added about $500 a month to the $3,000 rent over the three and a half years we lived there. At the time, there were plenty of frustrating things about living in such a raw space. As time passes, however, the memories get more and more romanticized. As they should.
Elliott and Mark Adapt, Live & Work [Apartment Therapy]