"People shop this kind of business for the personal touch. They want to say, 'I got my wedding dress at this lovely old apartment,' she says. 'The little inconveniences are worth it for the story.'"
"The couple, who met and married in Manhattan, raised their four kids in Connecticut and moved to Rhode Island in their 60s once the children had grown up. But they wanted to stay connected to the city, so they purchased the 10th-floor studio as a pied-à-terre in 1983 and the 11th-floor unit the following year for about $85,000 each."
Lizzie Wheeler operates Studio Dorothy, a vintage bridal boutique, from her family's East Side Manhattan apartments. She manages appointments by checking a family Google Calendar that tracks occupancy of two stacked studio units: 10D owned by her parents and 11D owned by her aunt and uncle. The apartments were purchased by her grandparents Mac and Dorothy Wheeler in 1983 and 1984 as a pied-à-terre to maintain their Manhattan connection while living primarily in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Though the couple once considered combining the units into a duplex, a tenant occupied 11D until 2011. Today, the spaces accommodate her father's composing work, family gatherings, and Lizzie's bridal business, requiring coordination among twelve family members.
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