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The development of Manhattan over the past two centuries has pitted the financial motives of developers against the quality of life needs of the masses. Follow the evolution of Manhattan's housing market from the tenement
slums of the Lower East Side to the extravagance of today's luxury condominium.
One
of the severe ironies of increasing the commercial revenue of a
residential co-operative is the possibility of forfeiting the
co-operative’s tax status by encroaching on the 80-20 income rule.
Today, with rising retail rents, many well-maintained
co-operatives face a juggling act of managing “good” vs “bad”
income.
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 The art of Manhattan resident Charles Murphy inspires a city of
colors. There are few who capture the everyday virtues of the city with such passion. View his most recent gallery.
Operating
a vertical community with hundreds of unique apartment owners on
hundreds of different schedules is not an easy task. An outsider
may deem it a virtually impossible task. But we are New Yorkers
and no task is ever too difficult or too large. TheFrontDesk.net
is an attempt by one New Yorker, a veteran of vertical communal
living, to tackle the daily nuances of the vertical community and to
improve the operational logistics of maintaining a cooperative living
structure.
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