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coffeeshopslut t1_ja8r3r5 wrote

Reply to comment by SSG_SSG_BloodMoon in Midtown Owners Hedge on Costly Office-to-Home Conversions by psychothumbs

Well you need to change the building code and multiple dwelling code. You need light and air or mechanical ventilation for living areas. Hence the set backs, the courtyards etc of older buildings

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SSG_SSG_BloodMoon t1_ja8ssy3 wrote

That's all true but not particularly relevant to the diad of comments you've responded to here.

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coffeeshopslut t1_ja8ulrd wrote

But it's part of the reason you can't just throw up walls in old offices and call them apartments, even in cheap, poorly laid out form. Or am I missing part of the conversation?

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SSG_SSG_BloodMoon t1_ja8w909 wrote

One way to solve the light and air requirements is to make long spindly apartments with windows and bedrooms at one end. That is the starting point of the prior comments. Adding "but also, you need to solve the light and air requirements" is misplaced.

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