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This image strikes me as a provocation that ought to hang in a Williamsburg gallery- the problem ridden loft, so familiar here, cleaned up with fancy things like insulation, central air and finished floors and cleared of noisy neighbors overhead underfoot and streetside. The next step in gentrification, clearing out the city so we can raise our children in proper protectionist isolation- now without the stylistic opportunity cost. Loft living goes suburban in Colorado -via Metropolis Magazine.

"Recently I caught up with Dean Thedos, self-described “head of crazy-idea development” for Cornerstone Homes. He’s the brains behind Ironworks Lofts. He says the goal was to make a less “exclusionary” version of the urban loft. The loft, he says, “has been in locations that have been fairly inhospitable except to a small segment of the population.” He’s talking about cities."

Meanwhile our loft got the tetris treatment over the weekend. This foam tile two squares left, one square south. AhhhA... two unit foam platform re-employed into 'couch' yielding a zone equipped with glowing boxes with moving images to stare at (the fishtank/kitty tv + people tv- we actually do have one) shall now be the 'den'. Kicking up dust and strategizing into the night for the next morning's rearrangement is a lascivious event for us; planning as foreplay, space reclaimation climactic, new lighting details the act of slowly redressing.