Mr. Couverthier’s old boss told him the previous super at a building on West 72nd Street was retiring after almost 30 years. The previous super didn’t live in the building full-time, but Mr. Couverthier knew he didn’t only want a full-time job, he wanted to build a home. Since then, his job has been a to-do list that never ends, filled with routine maintenance and the unexpected: A call is a crack on the fifth floor. He usually sends voice notes of incomplete tasks to Ms. Diaz as a way to save them in his phone. Sometimes he writes them on a whiteboard calendar, but mostly, he writes his daily to-do list on his left hand, as he drinks his morning coffee and watches ESPN.

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Persons: Ismael Bonilla, Mr, Diaz, Couverthier, didn’t Organizations: New, Riverside Park, ESPN Locations: New York City, Central