Wigstock is also hoping to let down its hair at Astor Place.

About 400 members pay $225 a month for 24-hour access to the loft space at 10 Astor Place.

He then visits his friends by Astor Place, who suggest introducing him to their doctors, but they soon lose interest.

"In Astor Place there are students and people who come later in the day."

Prices at Astor Place are running from $1,380 to $2,600 a square foot.

It is not possible to say which team member designed which piece of the Astor Place.

So Astor Place joined the fray and put a sign in its window, too.

Still, it's not the first new structure to alter the character of Astor Place in recent years.

Astor Place is a local station with four tracks and two side platforms.

So Astor Place will hang on to some of its book-loving character - at least for a while.