> Thirty years ago this had been given over entirely to studios, but now it was broken up into a more profitable mêlée of semi-commercial establishments and lig

> Thirty years ago this had been given over entirely to studios, but now it was broken up into a more profitable mêlée of semi-commercial establishments and light-housekeeping apartments. From what I can tell, I'd hardly want to read the original. Way too verbose and I highly suspect the rest of the book is similar.