Zitate:
Begriff "Loft
"According to the Oxford English Dictionary, loft
refers to the relatively large, generally open space
on each floor in multi-story industrial buildings
and warehouses in the United States." (1982, S.1)
Loft Living als
Modernisierung der Gentrification
"Gentrification typically occurs when a higher class
of people moves into neighborhood, makes
improvements to property that cause market prices
and tax assessments to rise, and so drives out the
previous lower-class residents. However, in the case
of lofts, the social class distinctions between old
(artist) residents and new (non-artists) residents
are somewhat blurred, and the real victims of
gentrification through loft living are not residents
at all. Before some of the artists were chased out
of their lofts by rising rents, they had displaced
small manufacturers, distributors, jobbers, and
wholesale and retail sales operations. For the most
part, these were small businesses in declining
economic sectors." (1982, S.5)
Geschätzte
Entwicklung der Anzahl von Loft-Bewohnern in New
York
"At the beginning of the 1960s, estimates oft he
number of artists living and working in lofts ranged
between three thousand and five thousend. By the end
of the seventies, it is possible that over fifty
thousend artists and non-artists were living in
lofts that had been converted to residential use."
(1982, S.6)
