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Video: Exploring the 78-Square-Foot <strike>Coffin</strike> Apartment
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Christopher Robbins
Published Aug 6, 2011
Modified Aug 7, 2011
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Those who can't stand to hear the echo in a 90-square-foot apartment, seek cozier refuge in even smaller confines. Back in April we met architect Luke Clark Tyler, who lives in a 78-square-foot apartment in Hell's Kitchen, after spending two years in a 96-square-foot apartment. Now we have video evidence of his digs and his monthly rent: Tyler says he couldn't find a place with roommates in his budget in the neighborhood, so he pays $800 a month to live in a space that doubles as his home office. Curbed reports that he pays $750, but Tyler doesn't mince words in the video.
Because he's a vegetarian, Tyler doesn't have to cook anything besides microwaved eggs. And his shared bathroom is mere inches away, a perfect vacation room in case his apartment gets too stuffy. To put it in perspective, Tyler claims his residence in between his tiny apartments was a hut in Kenya "half the size of this made in mud." And it still looks roomier than those bunks on the Bowery!
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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