JANUARY 2018 – It’s city versus country in a legal battle between a Manhattan man who wants to keep his rooftop oasis — an actual cabin overlooking a mini-meadow atop his West Village loft — and regulators who say it must come down.
“I did it because I love the garden. I love the fact that we did a green roof before anyone else,” said David Puchkoff, whose country living, six stories up, has landed swoon-worthy features in the New York Times and National Geographic.