UP ON THE ROOF: WEST VILLAGE PORCH IN THE SKY

This bucolic rooftop cottage with porch, garden and lawn is just around the corner from me at 719 Greenwich Street. It belongs to David Puchkoff, a developer and Eileen Stukane, a writer, who live on the top floor of the building. Puckhoff developed the building years ago and after a visit to a friend’s house in rural Elk Lake, PA, decided to build this little secret gem. It looks like a self-contained house, but it’s not. In a 2005 NY Times article, he explains;

“The porch is basically a glorified bulkhead over a hole punched in the ceiling of the family’s loft to make way for a nautical stairway that rises to a landing with a galley-like kitchenette, with two paned windows and a door that opens to the roof. Now the couple doesn’t have to leave the city to hear the slam of a screen door, or watch a flock of mourning doves pecking for insects and seeds across the meadow.”

Want to know more about maintain a rooftop garden in the city? Watch below.

High above the canopy of Manhattan's concrete jungle, lies a garden oasis. A flowering rose bush is surrounded by lilies and lavender. Succulents and cactus plants flourish in the shadow of a small maple tree. Rooftop meadows are far from the norm in New York City.

(via NY Curbed)