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They do have those in large buildings. It's called the storage room, where you pay for space.
You do know space is a sought after in NYC. Every sq ft of space is a premium. Some buildings have lobby's that are smaller then a closet. Especially walk ups. Many don't have any actual lobby its a narrow hall to a stair case.
That movie reminds of Barefoot in the Park where the mother had to walk up those flights of stairs and got all out of breath.
Anyway, even is some elevator buildings, they can also be walk up apartments, if you get my drift. Has anyone ever seen The Big Bang Theory and that takes place in SoCal.
No . . . I am process oriented - so the first thread (that was linked somewhere) was from an early stage when I had a certain idea of what I wanted to do and realized I knew nothing about how things work in NYC. I was trying to figure out how to fly with a dog, get to a new apartment I had rented and have a place to sleep that night and then have stuff delivered.
If you are coming across country with a dog, you need to figure these things out. I was imagining then that I would have rented an apartment, might make an arrangement for a friend to get the key and meet me there - would have ordered at least a blow-up bed and bedding to have a place to sleep. Did not (and still don't really) have a clue about deliveries and how they work.
And subsequent to that first post, I learned lots of things (despite popular opinions to the contrary) and now I was just focusing specifically on walk-ups (because I never really figured it out from the first inquiry). And I am too old for a walk-up - so it wasn't for me, but to help me understand more about how people live.
I am interested in sociology and cultural anthropology. I am a curious person.
I have a nice little library now of maps, and various historical books on the West Village and WSP, etc.
When I was there last, I did not understand the subway, but loved it. I had a friend with me to figure it out, so I didn't pay much attention. I did injure myself trying to get through the turnstile. Got a huge bruise on my leg! I also noticed that on some trains there was a ticker on top advising next stops, but on other trains, there was a person miles away announcing stops (and I couldn't really hear them).
Since I am old, I want to be as fully prepared as I can be and that is why I ask questions.
I would like all of the people who feel annoyed by my questions to quit reading my posts, because I don't think I should have to justify my threads. If I post something and you think it's stupid, just scroll on. How does it hurt your life?
The thread about walkups would have maybe received a better reception on the Retirement forum (after all, walkups are pretty ubiquitous in the cities nationwide). But I am not sure why you consider yourself so old, or rather why you find your age an impediment to taking stairs (I am 60, and think stairs are fun, and my 85+ year old parents agree). If I am not mistaken, you are less than 10 years older than I, which is in medical literature considered a "young-old" (the newer literature starts considering people to be physiologically senior at 65, and divides them into young-old at 65-74, medium-old at 75-84, and the oldest-old at 85+). Unless you have class 3 or greater heart failure, or are bed-bound/in wheelchair due to stroke or other severe neurologic disability, what is the problem with a few flights of stairs?
Actually OP, You should watch the movie "5 Flights UP". Its a movie about a couple played by Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman, pondering selling their walk up apartment. Its a few years old and It's on Netflixs.
Obviously its fiction but the situation is a reality for some NY-ers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Flights_Up
Thank you so much for this recommendation. I watched it last night. It was fun. I especially loved the visuals of the city and their particular apartment.
The thread about walkups would have maybe received a better reception on the Retirement forum (after all, walkups are pretty ubiquitous in the cities nationwide). But I am not sure why you consider yourself so old, or rather why you find your age an impediment to taking stairs (I am 60, and think stairs are fun, and my 85+ year old parents agree). If I am not mistaken, you are less than 10 years older than I, which is in medical literature considered a "young-old" (the newer literature starts considering people to be physiologically senior at 65, and divides them into young-old at 65-74, medium-old at 75-84, and the oldest-old at 85+). Unless you have class 3 or greater heart failure, or are bed-bound/in wheelchair due to stroke or other severe neurologic disability, what is the problem with a few flights of stairs?
1) I posted in this forum because I am particularly interested in walkups in NYC. I don't know about walkups in any other city.
2) I call myself old - not sure who gets to decide when that applies. I am in the last quarter of my life, so is that better? If you are interested in seeing what it's like for old people to walk up flights of stairs, check out that movie that was recommended. It will show you. It's just common sense that walkups are not the ideal situation for old people.
1) I posted in this forum because I am particularly interested in walkups in NYC. I don't know about walkups in any other city.
2) I call myself old - not sure who gets to decide when that applies. I am in the last quarter of my life, so is that better? If you are interested in seeing what it's like for old people to walk up flights of stairs, check out that movie that was recommended. It will show you. It's just common sense that walkups are not the ideal situation for old people.
Well, I have seen (privately and professionally) many old people climb stairs, I don't really need a movie to show me that :-). One of my grandfathers climbed 3 flights of stairs, after walking 5+ miles all over the city, pretty much every day in his undisputably old age, until a few weeks prior to his death at the age of 99 (during those few weeks, he didn't walk because he was unconscious, most likely from a brainstem stroke). I don't think age itself is a reason for not being able to climb stairs.
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