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How An Architect Converted The Singer Building From Slum To Penthouse Chic

TWENTY-FOUR years ago, the penthouse in the Singer Building in New York didn?t have a roof: plastic sheets channelled rainwater into tanks. The neighbours were artists who had made the area their home after the textile manufacturers left. Such was the state of this 5,000 sq ft apartment when the architect John F?öp bought the property for a "very low six-figure sum". more...