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Sea_Sand_3622 t1_iqszwa0 wrote

Reply to comment by ehsurfskate in Basement apartment under the sewer? by yoohoooos

Actuality what the city calls a “vault” wound be covered with cement with no grate, or possibly unbreakable frosted glass tiles on the sidewalk (you don’t see those around too much these days), Maybe still around soho.

It’s possibly a duplex but more likely rented office space or a janitorial area or building management office.

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ehsurfskate t1_iqt0q42 wrote

That’s not true. These are also called vaults. They can be open like this. I am in the design industry in the city

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Sea_Sand_3622 t1_iqt1i6s wrote

The surveyor below would know best, from what I understand the city does have a special tax for “a vault” area because it is area protruding past the property line towards the street that the landlord is able to use under the street.

by definition “a vault” is an enclosed area , hence a bank vault. There is no grate for air or daylight in a vault.

Maybe I am wrong;)

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