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It is roughly two full weeks into winter in the Northern Hemisphere, but the season is already off to a chilly start in New York City. Real-feel temperatures hovered around 0 degrees Fahrenheit the week before the winter solstice. While New Yorkers just missed out on a white Christmas, Central Park saw 4.3 inches of snow a short time after, making it the first time the park has observed greater snowfall than 4 inches since January 2022 (per the National Weather Service). In the days that followed, temperatures plummeted below freezing with wind chills into the teens.

On days like these, going out can be an unpleasant experience. But some lucky residents can enjoy a change of scenery without even putting on their coats. The fireplaces in these buildings' amenity spaces offer a lovely sense of ambiance without residents having to keep the constant eye on them that they would a fireplace in their own home. Moreover, the fireplaces are often at the center of common spaces with libraries, game tables, or big-screen TVs, to name but a few amusements.