Lessons in Living Room
The building was abandoned and in ruins when Rice and Welch bought it. They were thrilled to be able to build everything from the ground up—they didn't have to undo what others had done. As a tenement, the building had the kitchen and bathrooms on the ends of the space. Rice and Welch reconfigured the space and moved the plumbing to a central location so that living and sleeping areas could be on opposite ends of the apartment.
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