Who Lives Above J. G. Melon?

Posted by Robyn Lee, September 21, 2009 at 5:15 PM

From the New York Times comes this interesting feature on the four floors above J. G. Melon—the famous bar and burger destination in New York City—consisting of 29 S. R. O.'s, or single-room occupancy residences that share a communal bathroom and lack kitchens: "The closest thing to a kitchen is the odor of pub food that sometimes wafts up through the floorboards."

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