Tina Dybvik

I live and work in a renovated warehouse in the heart of historic Lowertown. The building is one of many residential work spaces created by Artspace Projects. Artspace describes it as, "one of Saint Paul's most striking examples of Victorian Romanesque architecture" -- but before renovation, the red brick 19th-century warehouse had fallen into decay. "... no windows, no roof, and two large holes that had been punched through every floor by a prospective developer who never completed the project. With a $6.5 million overhaul, the building was transformed and opened for residents in 1993. Today, it offers 66 studio units of affordable live/work space to artists from all disciplines and art forms.