I see ads like this for Manhattan property all the time. I always wonder - where on the Upper East Side does one buy (and store) wood to feed 11 fireplaces?
There are companies that service fireplaces and restock wood in Manhattan (for high fees).
Pretty much all luxury apartments here have at least one fireplace. And when I first moved to NYC, even most small apartments had them (usually just for decoration with the chimney bricked up).
Back in the day, it wasn’t a luxury but the main source of heat. You’d have horse-drawn carts selling coal and picking up ash going down the streets all day.
It’s mostly for novelty these days but some businesses here still have wood/coal stoves because converting to gas would cost a fortune