The Windowless Living Room? (with ASCI art!)

We're doing a gut renovation of a Financial District loft and have a building code question. Can we put up a wall separating room 2, currently a windowed dining space, from room 1, a living room/kitchen? If so, will room 2 qualify as "bedroom" and will it be okay to leave the room 1, a living room, without windows? Rooms 3 & 4 are currently bedrooms. (x=wall, :=window) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x x... [more]

We're doing a gut renovation of a Financial District loft and have a building code question. Can we put up a wall separating room 2, currently a windowed dining space, from room 1, a living room/kitchen? If so, will room 2 qualify as "bedroom" and will it be okay to leave the room 1, a living room, without windows? Rooms 3 & 4 are currently bedrooms. (x=wall, :=window) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x x : x 4 : x x : x xxxxxxxxxxxxxx x : x 3 : x : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx x : x : x 1 2 : x : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thanks for your help!!! [less]