But not for long: the landlord has begun replacing them with the double-hung variety.

To make matters worse, his landlord is beginning to bug him for long-overdue rent.

The landlord began to talk, but Strange could not understand him.

"The landlords began to do stuff like wrap mortgages so they could squeeze the building dry," he said.

By the mid-1960's, the old timers say, landlords began abandoning buildings, as they did elsewhere in the city.

And landlords are beginning to understand the value of leasing to stable national retailers.

The country's landlords began demanding that last year.

The Goldmans' landlord then followed suit and began legal proceedings aimed at forcing them out.

Within two months she had found her current job, but by then, the landlord had begun eviction proceedings.

In February 2002, the new landlord began renovating the building.