A look inside New York’s historic artist lofts, the last of their kind

Steve Silver stands inside his 5,000-square-foot loft in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Silver, a painter, moved into the loft in 1979. They used to be printing shops, garment factories and flophouses. Now they’re some of the coolest artist spaces you’ll ever see. These unique, expansive lofts, rarely seen by the public, are…