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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by jasonjei on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:30AM (#35989414)
I’ve heard to do plumbing work to convert office to residential would be so ridiculously expensive it would be easier in some cases to tear the building down and start anew
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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:33AM (#35989465)
> plumbing work to convert office to residential would be so ridiculously expensive

If you require plumbing to every apartment. Dorm-style lay-out would sidestep this problem.

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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by Bellyache5 on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:37AM (#35989536)
Who would want to live in a dorm?
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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:40AM (#35989574)
> Who would want to live in a dorm?

Younger me. Lots of people. Particularly if you don't work from home, saving a few hundred bucks a month is a good bargain for having to walk a few feet to pee.

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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by nprateem on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:43AM (#35989606)
The tories wouldn't mind asylum seekers living in them
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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by mperham on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:49AM (#35989708)
People who are on the street or living in their car today.

We have a desperate need for affordable housing all over this country. SROs and hostel-style residences are perfectly reasonable as a step to keep people stable and off the streets.

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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by CapstanRoller on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:30AM (#35998127)
What's old is new again

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_apartment

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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by un1xl0ser on Thursday May 18, 2023 @12:16PM (#35990198)
I can see this in progress. Needs windows, but we also need more residential, so happy to see it.

https://nypost.com/2023/04/24/longtime-nyc-home-of-the-daily...

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