Louis C.Okay. shelled out some huge bucks for a house inside a storied downtown constructing.
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What is going to the neighbors suppose?
Disgraced comic Louis C.Okay. — accused of sexual misconduct in 2017 by a number of ladies — has simply purchased a co-op in one of many metropolis’s most storied buildings.
The comic, author and producer, whose authorized title is Louis Székely, spent $3.85 million for an eighth-floor unit on the famed downtown Artwork Deco constructing One Fifth Ave., in response to metropolis property information. Following the accusations in opposition to him that yr, he apologized for his misconduct in an open letter saying, “These tales are true.” (Nonetheless, in a 2020 particular, he made mild of them.)
Louis C.Okay., who excursions London, Glasgow, Belfast and Atlantic Metropolis this month, might have been drawn to the constructing’s quirky historical past. In 2008, “Intercourse and the Metropolis” creator Candace Bushnell as soon as wrote a novel, “One Fifth Avenue,” primarily based on the celebrity-heavy West Village “Gold Coast” constructing. It sits simply off Washington Sq. Park.
In August, somebody paid $1 million over ask to nab a unit, as Gimme Shelter beforehand reported.
The four-bedroom, three-bath pad was in the marketplace a mere 47 days. The co-op is a two-unit combo that was accessible for the primary time in virtually 40 years. The nook dwelling was as soon as featured in Apartamento journal, the itemizing notes.
The dwelling opens to an entrance gallery, with a predominant bed room wing to at least one facet and entertaining areas, together with further bedrooms, on the opposite. The residence additionally options an open kitchen and a eating area with oversize casement home windows.
Authentic design particulars embody parquet flooring and pre-war ceiling beams. The constructing, by architect Harvey Wiley Corbett, dates to 1927.
Over time, it has been dwelling to artists, actors and rock royals. Robert Mapplethorpe shot Patti Smith’s “Horses” album cowl there, and Jessica Lange purchased two items within the constructing. Blythe Danner, Gwyneth Paltrow’s mother, additionally lived there — as did Keith Richards and “Scarface” director Brian De Palma, who reportedly had Courteney Cox audition for her Springsteen “Dancing within the Darkish” music video in his duplex.
Helena Bonham Carter additionally lived within the constructing with Tim Burton earlier than their 2014 cut up; whereas Wendy Wasserstein, of “The Heidi Chronicles,” known as the constructing dwelling, as did Pulitzer Prize-winning author and literary critic Michiko Kakutani.
Constructing facilities embody a double-height foyer, a doorman/concierge and a library.
The itemizing brokers have been Douglas Elliman’s Erin Boisson Aries and Dustin Crouse.
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