It... just... won't... stop! And why should it? With soaring temperatures, rooftop living seems like the only way to go. Emails concerning NYC's rooftop mania continue to pour in from Curbed readers:
1) Upper West Side: "In a recent post on your site, a reader wrote, 'i went out on the balcony, and i saw another. Here's a pic...it looks like it's on 77th and Broadway.' This property is actually at 210 West 78th Street -- the view in this photo is looking at the northeast facade. The attached picture (seen here) is looking at the southwest facade. Also, here is a link to the New York Times article on the property."
2) Midtown East: "The last time I looked, there was a house on top of a commercial building between 42nd and 43rd or 43rd and 44th near Fifth. The house looked very suburban, and had an Astro-Turf lawn."
3) Chelsea: "There's also a rooftop penthouse on 8th Avenue and 14th (maybe closer to 15th?), right by where the new 30,000-square foot (or whatever) Balducci's is being put in. I don't have many details on it aside from the fact that pigeons love to shit on it, but what else is new. I can scope it from my 18th floor view on Horatio Street, but never whipped on the binocs to peek inside."
4) Upper West Side: I have friends who live on the UWS, 71st between Columbus and CPW. They are in a 6th floor walk-up rental 2 bedroom, 2 bath duplex. The second level of their place is a living room and full bathroom that was "built-up" in the 1980's, and has a nice roof-deck. The building owner explained to them that they can't build-up on many roof-tops anymore because of zoning. Anyway, it's a decent place but sometimes those roof-top dwellings are just an additional room tacked onto an apartment. Also walking up 7 flights to get to a roof-deck isn't that fun."
· Rooftop Mania Redux [Curbed]