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obamanut2012

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4. And, the Triangle Shirtwaist building is now part of NYU

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 10:57 AM

Jan 2013

And tenements and slums are now co-ops and condos. Prisons have been made into homes and work spaces. And, conversely, the sacred have been turned into the mundane.

The only problem I have with this is calling them former "servants'" quarters.

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And, the Triangle Shirtwaist building is now part of NYU obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #4

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