1.   Berry once lived in the same Lower East Side loft building as LeWitt.

2.   A major public food market was in what is still known as Market Square, where loft buildings are a recent addition.

3.   All of a sudden you are buying apartment houses as well as office buildings and loft buildings.

4.   Jim Peevey, a real estate agent with Kelly Realtors in Waco, agreed loft buildings are taking the place of traditional apartments for many renters.

5.   Like many loft buildings, its location is far from ideal, right next to the entrance on Canal Street to the Holland Tunnel.

6.   Many tenants had feared that owners of loft buildings could have begun eviction proceedings if the law had lapsed for just one day.

7.   Ms. Hashey said they would do so because vacant loft buildings fetch much higher prices than those with tenants.

8.   Named for William Van Alen, architect of the Chrysler Building, it is a small operation on the sixth floor of a Chelsea loft building.

9.   Not every loft building is a cauldron of contention.

10.   Of course, for big space users, few loft buildings are practical.