The New York Police Department has declared the alley, between the mosque site and a luxury loft rental building, a crime scene where nothing may be disturbed until the medical examiner's office completes its work.

NPR: NY Officials Seek Human Remains Amid Plane Debris

But Midlanders point to signs of growing cosmopolitanism, including a planned 110-unit, loft-style apartment building downtown.

WSJ: Office Tower Sets Off Gusher of Opinions

The loft insulation clearly failed building regulations but the house had been passed by Angus Council and the House Building guarantors the NHBC.

BBC: The ?1,000-a-year heating bill is here.

Bats only have one young a year, and they don't have them every year, so if they were using your roof loft as their maternity roost and you knocked down the building or put in a loft extension, it would wipe out that whole population.

CNN: Architects building dream homes for bats

Owners Laurent and Monica Imbert were drawn to their 2, 400-square-foot loft in an old apothecary building because of its interior design and its TriBeCa address.

WSJ: Calm Oasis in TriBeCa

He bought a two-story building around the corner from his original location and subleased his old loft.

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