Vestry duties have been performed by Parochial Church Councils since 1921. The only remnant of the vestry meeting is the parish meeting called to appoint churchwardens. The vestry was a meeting of the parish ratepayers chaired by the incumbent of the parish, originally held in the parish church or its vestry, from which it got its name. The vestry committees were not established by any law, but they evolved independently in each parish according to local needs from their roots in medieval parochial governance. By the late 17th century they had become, along with the county magistrates, the rulers of rural
70 Vestry will include a library, exercise facilities, and a swimming pool. 70 Vestry 70 Vestry is a thirteen-story residential building under development in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, in New York City. The building was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Early renderings for the building were first released in mid-2015. The building secured financing in late 2015. Robert A.M. Stern Architects chose limestone as the material for the exterior of 70 Vestry. The building is exclusively residential, with forty-seven units spread across thirteen floors. The largest of these units is over 10,000 square feet and is priced at $65 million.