20-year-old town house; elevator, dining room, eat-in kitchen, atrium, rear garden, 20- by 100-ft.
The fire started in the house elevator shaft, leveling the building - once the tallest in the nation - in just over an hour.
condo in a prewar town house; elevator; dining area, renovated kitchen and baths; fireplace, high ceilings, hardwood floors, 3 skylights; 955-sq.-ft.
co-op in a prewar town house; elevator, dining area, renovated kitchen and bath, fireplace, high ceilings, hardwood floors, north exposure; maintenance $720 , 50 tax-deductible; listed at $710,000, 4 weeks on market (broker: G. Laurie Cooper) UPPER WEST SIDE $965,000 334 West 86th Street 2-bedroom, 1 1/2-bath, 1,500-sq.-ft.
co-op in prewar town house; elevator, eat-in kitchen, fireplace, high ceilings, hardwood floors, 2 exposures; maintenance $810 , 50 tax-deductible; listed at $495,000, 4 weeks on market (brokers: Klara Madlin Real Estate; Douglas Elliman) Bronx RIVERDALE $422,000 2500 Johnson Avenue 4-bedroom, 4-bath, 2,400-sq.-ft.
duplex condo in a 125-year-old row house; elevator, dining area, 2 fireplaces, oversize windows, cathedral ceilings, original moldings; common charge $460; taxes $7,239; listed at $825,000 , 27weeks on market (broker: Century 21 Cityside) BOSTON $1.36 million 93 Mt. Vernon Street 2-bedroom, 3-bath, 1,724-sq.-ft.
These members may be incorporated within fire-resistant enclosures that are provided to house elevators, stairs and other services.
They not only hold up the building, they house elevators, staircases and mechanical systems.
A public housing elevator is out about once a month, according to the Housing Authority, and residents typically wait about 10 hours for repairs.
The agency's general manager, Douglas Apple, said at the hearing that on average, a public housing elevator is out of service roughly once a month and residents typically wait about 10 hours for broken elevators to be repaired.
But the core of each of the towers -- the space housing elevator banks and mechanical systems -- has been reduced, both to accommodate more retail space at ground level and to reduce the bulk of the buildings, allowing more sunlight to reach the ground.
