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Revolio_ClockbergJr t1_j61monk wrote

Reply to comment by OrangeSlimeSoda in Mayor Adams unveils proposal to convert Midtown offices into apartments by psychothumbs

> Merely from a physical standpoint, it would entail ripping down and re-erecting walls, re-wiring things, upgrading plumbing, providing gas, re-configuring things to work around elevator banks

These are all things they would do anyway. What else does “conversion” mean, if not these tasks?

Skip gas, do electric. Plumbing would be weird but nothing that hasn’t been done before.

Yes, dorms are more cost effective… until they sit empty like the offices.

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Evening_Presence_927 t1_j64drl2 wrote

I think they’re saying it would take far more resources doing that than simply tearing the building down and doing it from scratch. Office buildings are built to hold, well, offices, not apartments.

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