He was 28 and had his own furniture showroom on 57th Street.
Not feeling it's got to be like a furniture showroom to be comfortable.
The sequence first involves going through furniture showrooms making note of selected items.
"We put them together to give people an idea of what the houses might look like, not to be a furniture showroom," he said.
"I could never agree to presenting a furniture showroom as an exhibition."
"We sold as many to furniture showrooms as in record stores."
One is to serve as a furniture showroom, and the second as an investment property.
Several car and furniture showrooms also make up the new development on the island.
On the ground floor of the car park there is retail space which was previously a furniture showroom.
So far, Room, the smallest of the furniture showrooms, is making the biggest splash.