loft23: Artificial Lofts

Posted in Art & Design, Boston & Local on July 5th, 2007 by Matt Laskowski
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I’m not exactly the kind of person who’s idea of home sweet home is a house in a nice quiet suburb. I suppose I enjoy the city life and the interesting things that come with it. Apartments are usually highly modular places to live, many buildings tailored to fit specific peoples needs. I’m not much into the whole “ultra-modern look” that was conceptualized during the early ’90s utilizing abstract shapes, but I will admit I like the more “designed” interior with questionable materials, open spaces, and bold colors. The kind that is almost industrial in nature, using a lot of metal and crude exposure of the architectural elements. I was interested to see if a these kind of “artists lofts” existed in Boston, and through a little sleuthing I found one.

“loft23″ is an interesting collection of luxury loft apartments which are more or less a single huge room divided up with walls. A single bedroom here is a bit hefty at $2100+ per month. As a student, my current rent is $475 a month, and I find that hard to scrounge up on time as it is. Still, if I find a love, I’m sure moving into a place of that price would easy across two people with full-time jobs. Though by that rate, renting an apartment would be foolish over time, and you would be better off paying to own.

Still, this would be my kind of living.

Man, I would love to have friends over at a place like this. How relaxing.

Stainless steel half-inch tiles in the kitchen. Strangely beautiful.

How about that? They actually made the roof of the building a functional social area. Great view of Boston.

Check out the place for yourself to kick your curiosity: loft23


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