The February newsletter to estate residents includes a four-part consultation feedback section.
There is a heated outdoor pool, and the co-op, which counts authors, art directors and psychologists among its residents, includes electricity, gas and basic cable in the maintenance fee, roughly $1 per square foot.
The list of former residents includes Antony Tudor ("Pillar of Fire"), Agnes de Mille ("Rodeo"), Bill T. Jones ("The Last Supper"), Judith Jamison and Stephen Petronio, who, Ms. Baff says, described the experience as comparable to "being marooned in heaven".
Named for its location -- it is bordered by Sunrise Highway and Brook Avenue -- the 140-acre neighborhood of about 1,300 residents includes 255 homes, some of the oldest in the hamlet.
The center, which is free to Union City residents, includes a 25-yard-long competition-size indoor pool and a large meeting room, which is used for community events.
Mr. Montalbano's book, which has sold 4,000 copies (not bad for a hamlet of 18,000 residents), includes wonderful photos of the Split Rock School before it was torn down for suburban housing.
