CitySkip: Man Builds Secret Apartment At Mall, Gets Away With It For Four Years

by cityskip | October 3, 2007 at 05:17 pm | 455 views | 3 comments

The leader of an artists' cooperative was apprehended and sentenced to probation for illegally setting up a secret apartment inside the Providence Place Mall in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Brian A Kennedy

at 05:14 on October 4th, 2007

good stuff:

cityskip, thanks -- I remember hearing something about this! Is this a photo of the actual "apartment"?

cityskip

at 15:09 on October 29th, 2007

Sorry - I just read your comment. Yes it is!

Kaitlin

at 15:20 on October 29th, 2007

good stuff:

cityskip, this is pretty sweet! Nice one...thanks for posting this here.

I knew a guy who lived with a bunch of other artists in an abandoned hospital in Holland. I asked them why they chose to live there, and their answer was "Because we can."

They all made money and had jobs, and could mostly afford to pay for an apartment. They chose not to because it was an option to choose not to. I think it's pretty neat, myself.