Abandoned Gothic-Style School Building in East Harlem to be Converted Into Affordable Artist Housing

I have known a number of people who have converted huge old buildings like this.  Just the hardware alone is exciting in these old piles - they truly don't make anything like they used to any more.  My ex-husband Cary and I had some adventures among ruins along these sort of lines, many many years ago.  Anyway - I find this very inspiring that this huge place is going to get a new life sustaining creative people and their creative families, allowing them the basic necessities (and then some!) for contributing culture and fresh ideas to the world.  We need much more of this kind of thinking.  There is so much abandoned and yet useful real estate that could be re-purposed.