From the April issue: Neil Goldstein knows that popcorn can be bad — for a building’s health. Popcorn, of course, is the highly technical term for the formerly trendy spray-on ceiling material found in many 1970s- and early ’80s-era apartment complexes. Goldstein removed the popcorn from his own ceiling — he lives in the Harmony at 61 West 62nd Street — and, as a member of the co-op’s executive committee, he’s been working on renovations of shared amenities to update the building, built in 1980. He’s not the only one sprucing up. As new developments sprout from Lincoln Center to the Hudson River, the existing buildings in the southern part of the Upper West Side are upgrading to cash in on the rising profile of the neighborhood. more By Catherine Curan
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