Vestry effect what would today usually be called a parochial church council, but was also responsible for all the secular parish business now dealt with by civil bodies, such as parish councils. Eventually, the vestry assumed a variety of tasks. It became responsible for appointing parish officials, such as the parish clerk, overseers of the poor, sextons and scavengers, constables and nightwatchmen. At the high point of their powers, just prior to removal of Poor Law responsibilities in 1834, the vestries spent not far short of one-fifth of the budget of the national government itself. More than 15,600 ecclesiastical parish vestries
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.