Vestry and levied a local tax on produce known as a tithe. The decline of the feudal system and, following the Reformation in the 16th century, the power of the Church, led to a new form of township or parish meeting, which dealt with both civil and ecclesiastical affairs. This new meeting was supervised by the parish priest, probably the best educated of the inhabitants, and it evolved to become the vestry meeting. As the complexity of rural society increased, the vestry meetings pragmatically acquired greater responsibilities, and were given the power to grant or deny payments from parish funds. Although
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.