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Pet Amenities for New York's Lucky Dogs
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/re...ents.html?_r=0
It’s morning at Mercedes House, the apartment complex on West 54th Street in Manhattan, and the little ones are frolicking in the loft area, near a big caterpillar-shaped play structure. Later, they might be taken out for a walk. And when they’re all tuckered out, they can curl up on cots.
But this brightly lit space, part of an 1,800-square-foot facility that opened last summer, is not for human youngsters, it’s for dogs — one of many pet amenities that have sprung up in residential buildings in New York in recent years in a bid to entice renters and buyers devoted to the four-legged members of their families.
“Hello, Bagel!” said Zachary Morello, the manager of this outpost of the Spot Experience, a dog-care company, as a goldendoodle approached.........
It’s morning at Mercedes House, the apartment complex on West 54th Street in Manhattan, and the little ones are frolicking in the loft area, near a big caterpillar-shaped play structure. Later, they might be taken out for a walk. And when they’re all tuckered out, they can curl up on cots.
But this brightly lit space, part of an 1,800-square-foot facility that opened last summer, is not for human youngsters, it’s for dogs — one of many pet amenities that have sprung up in residential buildings in New York in recent years in a bid to entice renters and buyers devoted to the four-legged members of their families.
“Hello, Bagel!” said Zachary Morello, the manager of this outpost of the Spot Experience, a dog-care company, as a goldendoodle approached.........