This is by far the nicest shop (workbench doesnt do it justice) Ive ever seen. Lots of good ideas in here!
Space is at such a premium in NYC Ive seen many very ingenious small shops there. When I was a little kid I used to spend many of my weekends there visiting the many electronics stores in the Canal Steet area where huge amounts of surplus was sold often from very packed stores below steet level. Oftentimes the proprietors also lived there, even with their pets. In amazing spaces. None of them are left, with maybe two or three exceptions. this was before Silicon Valley too. (the building of the World Trade Center triggered the demise of the Radio Row stores..