At the top of the stairs, he tried the dead light switch again, then closed the iron door behind him and walked out into the empty street.

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Many a famous British artist has tumbled down those stairs into the Soho streets to be amazed that it was light (or dark).

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We ascend the narrow wooden stairs (he has plans to widen the staircase, rip out the charmless elevator and flood the place with light) and arrive at the living quarters, decorated almost exclusively with the furniture that Owens has been designing since 2006.

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