Vestry Vestry A vestry was a committee for the local secular and ecclesiastical government for a parish in England and Wales, which originally met in the vestry or sacristy of the parish church, and consequently became known colloquially as the "vestry". For many centuries they were the sole civil government of rural areas. 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. Their secular and ecclesiastical duties were separated under local government reforms in 1894. Their ecclesiastical
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.