The South is occupied by artists and architects who feel more kinship with TriBeCa loft dwellers.
In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a clutch of loft dwellers mount a homemade sheet-metal screen on their roof every other Friday.
That, as well as the loft dwellers around Market Square, ensures downtown at least some 24-hour presence.
All of those items were suggested by the loft dwellers but have become popular with Latino customers as well.
But after SoHo and TriBeCa found favor for a new generation of loft dwellers and shoppers, the Astor Place neighborhood also saw development.
The problem, some loft dwellers said, is that professionals who have a tendency to follow artists are arriving.
More loft dwellers would make the streets feel more welcoming and add a few more watchful eyes.
Mayors like boasting about their downtown trams or metrosexual loft dwellers not their suburbs.But the planet as a whole is fast becoming suburban.
The clientele — "Bohemians of the 21st century," according to the Web site — seem to be a mixture of Japanese transplants, local loft dwellers, and facial-hair-wearing Europeans.
We don't need the loft dwellers to help the people of Skid Row, who have amazing things to contribute to the vitality of downtown.
The clientele—"Bohemians of the 21st century," according to the Web site seem to be a mixture of Japanese transplants, local loft dwellers, and facial-hair-wearing Europeans.
