Own a dog in New York City or want to?  Concerned there is not enough easy access space to make your dog happy?  Wondering how your building plans to use that roof-top space?

Add it all up and you've got a Roof Top Dog Run, what we hope will be the next great urban pet trend. 

In New York City, roof decks for relaxing in the fresh air, shmoozing with friends or catching some rays have become a standard in new residential buildings, and for some people, a necessity. With many buildings being pet friendly and many residents being busy, time-crunched professionals, wouldn't it be nice if tenants had had access to a common rest/play/bathroom break area for their pets in their own building? Why shouldn't these buildings make it easier for pet owners to care for their pets - especially when niche residential units can be extremely profitable investments.  Housing that caters to the special needs of pet owners, or families, or others, have a great track record of servicing and being paid for the care and attention given to their resident constituents. 

For example, participating buildings would charge pet-owners a monthly "recreation fee" to use the Roof Run.  This fee would be applied to the costs of keeping the run clean and pet friendly as well as a profit for the building.  All residents benefit from the profit (assuming it gets re-invested into the building) but only the residents with dogs who want to use the Roof Run pay the fee.

Other benefits, it's a new communal space, it saves people time, it's easy and it's cost effective.  As an added service buildings can even hire a full time-dog walker and take a certain number of dogs to the roof deck for a period of time during the day for an additional fee.

Roof Run - urban pet owners rejoice.  Vote and if you know a specific building where this could work, post it here.

Buildings:
30 West 63rd has a ton of roof space.