<ul><li>The five-story building at 48 Howard Street in SoHo where artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude lived and worked for around 50 years remains almost unchanged since the 1960s.</li><li>SoHo was rezoned in 1971 to allow artists to live and work in industrial lofts, attracting renowned artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Barbara Kruger, and Richard Prince.</li><li>With the passing of Jeanne-Claude in 2009 and Christo in 2020, the future of 48 Howard Street is uncertain, with discussions on potentially opening the home to the public while facing the challenge of costly structural updates.</li></ul>

The NYC Apartment Where Christo and Jeanne-Claude Cast Their Spells

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