For decades, the Pearl had been a dusty, decaying warehouse district populated by the homeless. Then the developers moved in. Seemingly overnight, the grimy, run-down buildings were replaced by gleaming high-end condos, in restaurants, and chic boutiques. McGill’s Gym was on the bottom floor of one of the few old brick buildings that had escaped gentrification. It was dimly lit and filled with the sweat stink you never found in the modern, air-cooled, disinfected workout emporiums patronized by young professionals and those trying to outwit Father Time. Robin had joined McGill’s because it was
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The author really likes this paragraph ! It's nearly word for word the opening paragraph in his next book.
