The Home Club
While researching for my newsletter, I came across The Home Club, an early co-op that was part social club, part apartment house. It was founded by a group of 7 friends who all wanted luxurious homes without the pain of maintaining a single-family residence. The apartments all shared a communally staffed kitchen, which also served communal clubhouse spaces on the lobby and second floors. The (full-floor) apartments lacked kitchens and instead had dumb waiters, since you just placed your order with the kitchen in the morning, and then food was delivered to you either in the privacy or your apartment or in the (beautiful) dining room downstairs! I'm obsessed. I wrote it up here, but thought you'd all want to see the plans! Found them in the NYPL's Art & Architecture room.