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      Folk Singer Peter Yarrow’s N.Y.C. Duplex Just Listed for $4.4 Million

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      It might not be by the sea, in a land called Honah Lee, but a New York City apartment long owned by the late folk musician Peter Yarrow has just popped up for sale in Manhattan. The co-writer and singer of the heartwarming tune Puff, the Magic Dragon‘s home on the Upper West Side hasn’t been on the market for over 40 years. The asking price is a dash over $4.4 million, with the listing held by Michael Graves of Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

      The guitarist and vocalist—one-third of the popular 1960s group Peter, Paul and Mary with Mary Travers and Noel Paul Stookey—acquired the loft-style duplex in the early 1980s. Sited on two floors within a 14-story pre-war co-op known as the Sixty-Seventh Street Studio Building, the unit offers three bedrooms and three baths spread across carefully restored living space adorned with textured plaster walls and ceilings, plus cast-iron sinks and vintage light fixtures.

      The formal dining room flows to a kitchen sporting the original vaulted firebrick ceiling.

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      Other highlights include an elevator landing that opens into a lower-level entry gallery. From there, a double-height great room that was used by Yarrow for music rehearsals and special events has a wood-burning fireplace with a carved stone mantel and a large window overlooking city views. French doors open to reveal a formal dining room, which connects to a kitchen boasting the original barrel-vaulted firebrick ceiling, terracotta tile floors, custom oak cabinetry, an eat-in island, and stainless appliances.

      Elsewhere is a former “penthouse” sleeping room that’s been converted into a small office. An upstairs primary bedroom with north and south exposures hosts a glass-paneled area that looks down onto the great room, as well as a separate office/den and bath. Two additional guest bedrooms with access to full baths are divided between the upper and lower floors, and a $7,589 monthly maintenance fee also gives the new owner access to a 24-hour doorman, a live-in superintendent, a shared rooftop terrace, and basement storage space.

      Yarrow (far left) performed with Mary Travers and Noel Paul Stookey as part of the 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary.

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      A New York native, Yarrow passed away earlier this year at age 86 from bladder cancer, which he had battled for the past few years. Per The New York Times, he split singing duties equally on many of Peter, Paul and Mary’s recordings. But the tenor also had some prominent lead vocals, fronting well-known group recordings such as Puff, the Magic Dragon, Day Is Done, and The Great Mandala, all of which he either wrote or co-wrote. Puff became a No. 2 Billboard hit, while Day Is Done broke into the Top 20.

      “I believe folk music has had a positive effect on the decency, humanity and empathy of society,” he told Reuters in 2008. “Peter, Paul, and Mary had a huge audience, some of whom did not agree with our politics. But they were touched by the human essence of our songs.”

      Click here for more photos of the Manhattan residence.

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      Wendy Bowman

      Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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      You Can Rent Carmelo Anthony’s Former Fifth Avenue Pad for $43,000 a Month

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      Carmelo Anthony’s former Manhattan home is available for rent, offering the opportunity to live like an NBA All-Star— that is if you’re ready, willing, and able to pony up $43,000 a month. The five-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom residence on Fifth Avenue spans a bit more than 4,000 square feet, perched on a high floor with sweeping views of Central Park. The apartment was Carmelo’s home base during his time with the New York Knicks, renting it in 2015 while navigating the peaks and valleys of his illustrious career. 

      Housed in a pre-war building originally constructed in 1925 and restored in 2012, the apartment blends classic design with modern finishes. Think glossy oak flooring, coffered ceilings, and custom millwork. A private elevator opens directly into a long entrance gallery and foyer, leading to an expansive combination living and dining room centered around a gas fireplace with a polished stone surround. 

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      A private elevator opens to oak floors, coffered ceilings, and a gas fireplace in the living room.

      DDreps / The Assouline Team

      The chef’s kitchen is equipped with Italian custom cabinetry, Caesarstone countertops, and premium Miele and Bertazzoni appliances. Meanwhile, the primary suite features unobstructed views of the park, a private sitting room, two walk-in closets, and a spa-like bathroom with radiant heated floors and Dolomiti marble, notes the listing, which is being held by Ruthie and Ethan Assouline of The Assouline Team at Douglas Elliman. 

      The 55-unit building offers both pre-war charm and modern amenities. Think a 24-hour concierge, a 2,600-square-foot fitness center, and a residents’ lounge. For an additional fee, residents can get access to the private club at 1214 Fifth Avenue, complete with an indoor pool and media room. Notably, it also drew high-profile buyers—Bill and Melinda Gates reportedly purchased a $5 million condo here in 2018 for their daughter Jennifer Gates, paying all cash. The unit was listed for $4.75 million in 2022 but was taken off the market before it was sold. 

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      THhe primary suite comes with park views, a sitting room, two walk-ins, and a spa bath.

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      Over the years, Anthony’s real estate portfolio has included several standout properties. His previous residence, a full-floor condo in Chelsea, was listed for $12.85 million in 2020 and reappeared on the market in 2022 after undergoing a total redesign. Located next to the High Line, the 4,556-square-foot unit featured five bedrooms, four bathrooms, Calacatta Gold marble countertops, and custom walnut cabinetry. He’s previously owned a big spread in Littleton, Colorado; a 13,000-square-foot mansion in New York’s Westchester County; and a 1929 Spanish-style home in the Beverly Grove area of Beverly Hills that he shared with his ex-wife La La Anthony, according to records.  

      Click here to see more photos of the New York apartment. 

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      Abby Montanez

      Abigail Montanez is a staff writer at Robb Report. She has worked in both print and digital publishing for over half a decade, covering everything from real estate, entertainment, dining, travel to…

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      ‘Modern Family’ Alum Ed O’Neill Lists His Spare L.A. Home for $6.7 Million

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      Back in 2004, while he was starring as Al Bundy in Married… with Children, Ed O’Neill doled out $2.6 million for a Los Angeles home in the horse-friendly Sullivan Canyon community on the border of Brentwood and Pacific Palisades. A few years later, after he snagged the role of Jay Pritchett in Modern Family, the actor and his longtime actress wife Catherine Rusoff picked up a second place nearby for $3 million. Now the couple has put the first-mentioned residence up for sale at a smidge under $6.7 million with Nancie Richards of Core Real Estate Group.

      Set on almost a third of an acre off historic Old Ranch Road, the hacienda-style structure was designed by architects Cliff May, widely touted as the “father of the California ranch house,” and Chris Choate in the early 1950s. Tucked down a private lane that leads to a motor court and two-car garage, the single-level house sports four bedrooms and three baths in almost 3,200 square feet of living space infused with light via walls of glass and skylights. Filtered throughout is a mix of terracotta and wide-plank wood floors, plaster walls, and wood-beam ceilings.

      The vaulted and glass-lined family room is anchored by a raised-hearth flagstone fireplace.

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      A pair of tall, access-controlled wood doors next to the garage lead to an enclosed courtyard that serves as an entry into the home’s U-shaped layout, where highlights include a sunken fireside living room with a built-in window seat and an adjacent family room anchored by an eye-catching raised-hearth fireplace. The dining room comes with a third fireplace, while a modernized galley kitchen is outfitted with Viking and Sub-Zero appliances.

      A separate wing holds an office and an attractive primary suite, which features yet another fireplace and sliding glass doors spilling out to a patio, as well as a walk-in closet with its own safe and a bath spotlighted by a pedestal soaking tub.

      A wine cave with plenty of room for your favorite vintages can be found just outside the house.

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      In addition to a standalone wine cave, the lush greenery-encased grounds also host numerous spots ideal for alfresco lounging and dining and a pool with a spa and water slide. A bamboo-laced pathway meanders its way to a meditation garden lorded over by a Buddha statue.

      As for O’Neill and Rusoff’s other house down the street, the couple acquired that two-bedroom, two-bath spread from cinematographer Robert Richardson in 2011 for just over $3 million. Designed by the aforementioned Cliff May in 1953 as his personal residence (and known as the Experimental Ranch House), the 3,165-square-foot abode was restored and refined by Marmol Radziner during Richardson’s ownership.

      Click here for more photos of the Sullivan Canyon residence.

      Courtesy of Virtual View Tours

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      Wendy Bowman

      Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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      President Woodrow Wilson’s 19th-Century Tudor Revival Home in New Jersey Lists for $6.5 Million

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      Love a challenge? Name the two homes credited with being built by a U.S. president. We’ll spare you the struggle. Along with Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, there’s the stately Tudor Revival home in New Jersey that Woodrow Wilson tasked New York architect Edward S. Child with building for his family in 1895 and can now be yours for $6.5 million. Available through Barbara Blackwell of Sotheby’s International Realty, the beloved mansion offers a rare chance to own a piece of American history. 

      Wilson served as the 28th U.S. President from 1913 to 1921 as a member of the Democratic Party, and he is globally recognized for his leadership during World War I. Some might say, however, it was the Garden State’s town of Princeton that knew him best. After graduating from the borough’s acclaimed Ivy League school in 1879, he served as the university’s professor of law from 1890 to 1902, during which time he tapped Child for the residence at 82 Library Place.  

      Hand-painted walls in the dining room depict notable landmarks on the campus of Princeton University.

      Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty

      Wilson and his family moved into the abode in 1896, and “the door was always open for Princeton students who wished to meet with their revered professor and attend class in his grand foyer,” press materials state. Decades later, it was “vacant and in decline,” according to Princeton’s weekly newspaper Town Topics, which spoke with its owner Robert Carr in 2018. “It was actually very well built. I told Jim Baxter I wanted it to last for another 100 years,” he said in regard to hiring architect Ron Berlin and Baxter Construction for its remodeling.

      Berlin was given the Award for Historic Preservation by the Historical Society of Princeton in 2007 for his work on the residence. This includes reviving the burnished woodwork and repairing a host of leaded glass windows throughout. Moving past its charming facade, where trimmed shrubs highlight a stone base and crowning features like mullioned windows, guests have ample room to spread out beneath a plaster tracery ceiling in the formal living room. Hand-painted walls act as an ode to Princeton’s campus in the dining room next door. 

      Wood-trimmed windows and an all-glass roof the greenhouse-style sunroom with natural light.

      Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty

      Homeowners and guests can relax in a greenhouse-inspired sunroom with wood-trimmed windows or take a beat in the kitchen that’s anchored by a stone-top island and also features a working dumbwaiter, double Wolf range, and brass pot rack. A clubby, oak-paneled library and a porte-cochère-turned-office round out the ground level. Seven bedrooms (plus a second sunroom on the second floor) span the three-story home’s upper level, including a primary suite that’s complete with a coffee bar and two fireplaces, one in the bedroom and another in the heated-marble bathroom that opens to a balcony. 

      While the multi-room basement provides plenty of space for entertaining and lounging, the backyard’s two patios are most ideal for hosting alfresco events. In addition to gardens redesigned by Holly Grace Nelson in 2022, the outdoor space includes a fountain that trickles into a large koi pond and a two-car detached garage for your favorite rides.  

      Click here for more photos of the Princeton home.

      Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty

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      Demetrius Simms

      Demetrius Simms is a digital staff writer at Robb Report. Following a brief stint in public relations, their work has now appeared in lifestyle and culture publications such as Men’s Health, Complex…

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      Steven Seagal and Kelly LeBrock’s Former 190-Acre California Ranch Lists for $14.5 Million

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      Before Steven Seagal and Kelly LeBrock ultimately parted ways in 1996 after nine years of marriage, the polarizing martial-arts actor and Weird Science star resided at a secluded California ranch just north of Santa Barbara in the Santa Ynez Valley.

      Per online reports, the erstwhile couple initially doled out $2.8 million for a roughly 90-acre estate near Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch back in the early 1990s. They subsequently tacked on a neighboring 100-acre lot with a 50-acre vineyard for around $1.8 million before selling the whole kit and caboodle in 1995 for $3.8 million to Harold and Elizabeth Green of Chandler, Arizona, who went on to raise championship Arabian horses there.

      Now the place has just popped up on the market again for $14.5 million, with Laura Drammer of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties holding the listing.

      A spacious fireside living room gives a nod to the property’s equine heritage.

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      Described in marketing materials as “ideal for the equestrian enthusiast, vineyard developer, or anyone seeking a large-scale agricultural opportunity,” the entire four-parcel spread known as Rancho Arroyo Perdido includes a hacienda-style main house, plus guest and staff quarters, horse breeding and training facilities, and around 75 acres of fertile farmland.

      Three bedrooms and six baths can be found in the primary dwelling, which was built in the ’50s and has 5,000 square feet highlighted by a spacious living room sporting a massive stone fireplace. A rustic kitchen is outfitted with dual islands and ovens and a commercial-grade refrigerator, and elsewhere is a formal dining room, a bookshelf-lined library, and a fireside primary suite with a clawfoot soaking tub. A wine cellar/tasting room holds court in the basement, while the oak-laced grounds host a pool and spa.

      Horse-centric provisions include five barns and a covered riding arena.

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      Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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      Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger’s Former L.A. Home Hits the Market for $15 Million

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      It’s not complicated to understand why Avril Lavigne once resided at this Los Angeles property.

      The six-bedroom, nine-bath abode in the San Fernando Valley’s Sherman Oaks neighborhood was formerly owned by the Canadian singer-songwriter and her ex-husband Chad Kroeger, the lead singer of Nickelback. Fully renovated since the couple lived here, the $15 million manse now offers more than 10,000 square feet of living space. James Harris, David Parnes, and Kris Everett at Bond Street Partners hold the listing.

      The finished attic has a fireplace-centered living room and a funky tiled bar.

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      After you enter through the property’s gates and up the circular drive, the front door leads you into a grand foyer anchored by a curving double staircase. The double-height living room is framed by windows that allow light to flood the space, while the nearby family room is centered around a limestone fireplace. The white-washed chef’s kitchen sports modern appliances and opens to the formal dining room, lined with wooden French doors.

      Elsewhere, you’ll find an ocean-blue office with coffered ceilings and a fully equipped gym. The primary suite comes with its own fireplace and sitting lounge, while the ensuite bathroom’s soaking tub is situated within a large marble shower. All the other bedrooms have their own bathroom and walk-in closet, too. The cherry on top, quite literally, is the finished attic: Vaulted ceilings with exposed beams and skylights cover the upper level’s fireplace-centered living room and funky tiled bar. There’s even enough room for a billiards setup, if you consider yourself a pool shark.

      The backyard has pickleball, basketball, and bocce.

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      On the grounds, you can take a dip in the saltwater pool and spa. A full bar with a built-in grill sits just outside the shaded patio, where a gas fireplace will keep you warm on chilly nights. Sports enthusiasts can take advantage of the pickleball court, the basketball hoop, and the bocce area. Even the detached three-car garage has something to offer beyond storage: Sitting atop the structure is a home theater with a lounge, library nook, and snack station—no need to transport your popcorn and candy from the main residence.

      In recent years, Sherman Oaks has become a hotbed for celebs looking to lie low. Just last month, the actors Neve Campbell and JJ Feild listed their Colonial-style home in the neighborhood for $4.3 million. Also in April, the YouTube star Alpharad spun his modern Sherman Oaks abode on the market for $5 million.

      Click here to see all the images of Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger’s former home.

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      Tori Latham

      Tori Latham is a digital staff writer at Robb Report. She was previously a copy editor at The Atlantic, and has written for publications including The Cut and The Hollywood Reporter. When not…

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      F1 Heiress Petra Ecclestone’s Modern L.A. Mansion Just Listed for $42 Million

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      Back in 2022, Petra Ecclestone and Sam Palmer sold a modern farmhouse-style residence on the west side of Los Angeles to NBA star Russell Westbrook for nearly $34 million—almost $11 million more than the $22.7 million they paid just three years before. Soon after, the Formula 1 racing heiress/fashion designer and her real-estate agent husband doled out $30.5 million in a clandestine off-market deal for a recently built mansion in the posh Brentwood Park neighborhood.

      The couple went on to add some personal touches to their new abode, which packs seven bedrooms and a dozen baths into 13,500 square feet of modern yet warm living space on three levels. Now the sleekly reimagined spread has popped up for sale again with a significant jump in price, asking a speck under $42 million. Palmer and Blair Chang of The Agency hold the listing.

      The gourmet kitchen comes with high-end appliances and an expansive eat-in island.

      Mike Kelley

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      Sited amid a flat, half-acre parcel on prime Rockingham Avenue—the street made world famous by O.J. Simpson in the 1990s—the brick-clad house is painted a trendy shade of dark gray and lies securely behind walls and gates on lushly landscaped grounds lined with mature olive trees. Inside, inviting cream-hued interiors are adorned with 12-foot ceilings complemented by wide-plank, white oak floors and hand-crafted Roman plaster walls.

      Among the main-level highlights are a trio of seating areas, along with two offices, a formal dining room, and a gourmet kitchen boasting top-notch stainless appliances, a spacious eat-in island, a breakfast nook, and a secondary prep kitchen. Upstairs, five ensuite bedrooms in a private wing include a fireside primary suite sporting a balcony and dual dressing rooms and baths, while the lower level offers an entertainment lounge with a seated bar, a movie theater, a golf simulator, a steam room-equipped gym, and a guest suite.

      A manicured backyard features a large pool flanked by a sundeck with hot and cold plunges.

      Mike Kelley

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      Elsewhere is a dedicated staff area with its own kitchen, as well as a “dog room” and a security suite with state-of-the-art monitoring technology. The amenities continue outdoors, where a large sundeck-encased pool is paired with hot and cold plunges, a soccer pitch, a custom-built treehouse, and an in-ground trampoline. There’s also a garage and motor court with parking for up to 12 vehicles, plus a carriage-style driveway for guests.

      Though the L.A. fires earlier this year played into their decision to sell, the couple told The Wall Street Journal they are also eager to embark upon their next house-flipping project. Ecclestone, the youngest daughter of British billionaire Bernie Ecclestone, is perhaps best known for owning The Manor, a Holmby Hills mega-mansion built by the late primetime TV titan Aaron Spelling and his socialite wife, Candy Spelling, that she bought in 2011 for $85 million and sold in 2019 for a whopping $120 million.

      Click here for more photos of the Brentwood Park residence.

      Mike Kelley

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      Wendy Bowman

      Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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