Service apartments function as private homes and services and care required are offered by home care personnel.
Because the apartment functions as a public space as much as a private one, she has tried mightily to keep signs of domestic activity to a minimum.
The rear of the apartment functions almost as a separate wing where Ms. Clearman's grown children, Sam, 26, and Tess, 23, can alight when they're in town.
Mr. Fritz, 51, edits and directs feature films and documentaries; Ms. Rolontz, 48, is a producer for VH1 and MTV, where she develops event shows like "Hip Hop Honors" and the "Critics' Choice Movie Awards," and the walls of their apartment function almost as visual résumés tracing two long and varied careers.
The apartment also functions as a shrine to Mr. Zimmerman's world-class collection of playthings.
The original apartment now functions largely as the couple's sitting room and bedroom — "our boudoir," as Dr. Valentino describes it.
but the apartment was clearly not in a good state of usage and repair, especially given the second and third items mentioned at the top of the original website under the description of the apartment were not functioning (the first item in the description was the age of the building).
On the other hand, Mr. Belkin said, if a tenant wants to replace something in the apartment that is functioning properly -- like replacing an older bathroom fixture with a new one -- the tenant would need the owner's consent and would not be entitled to reimbursement.
It's stuffed behind the TV in his living room, as it's the only place in his apartment with a functioning coax cable coming out of the wall.
In only one instance does she manage to tell a story whose sole purpose is not simply to evoke our pity: in Australia she goes to a prison where women are permitted to keep their children with them in group apartments that function as co-ops.
Many apartments were without functioning plumbing.
