Or it may require immediate action, to save someone from a fire, or to catch a child falling out of a four story window, as one Carnegie Hero did.
On the other hand, Dead Dog Park, playing at the city's popular 59 E. 59, takes us up close and uncomfortably personal with the mysterious incident of a young black teen who was either pushed, or fell out of, a four story window.
Listed by The Corcoran Group, #56E maintains its historic charm with plenty of original details including "antique paneling, leaded glass windows, a stained glass curved two story church window, boisserie, antique Georgian mantles and numerous other original moldings and detail".
CLEVER DESIGN MOVE -- Eli Katz enthused about the staircase at the center of the house (below right), which makes a continuous run from basement to second floor, past two stories of windows.
When they arrived, investigators said, a man fired at least two rounds from a second story window.
The result of their brainstorming session was a bedsheet, draped between two third-story windows and emblazoned with the words "Ahmadinejad is NOT a baller".
Now there are new Mediterranean-style houses constructed side by side on lots so small you might safely toss a water balloon between the two upper-story windows.
Hartley asked that the two second-story windows that face his property be removed from the design plans, and that screening, in the form of mesh fencing, trees or shrubbery be installed to further buffer the view.
Its south-facing wall is two stories of mullioned windows; Lower Manhattan is decoration enough.
The room is huge (the building once housed a department store), two stories high with windows overlooking the courtyard -- I caught glimpses of "Ivan the Terrible" while I ate -- a central fireplace and the projector-equipped mezzanine.
The building features a pair of 60 foot arches and two stories worth of windows that weigh 800 pounds apiece.
