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    Denzel Washington Called This $19.5 Million Brooklyn Penthouse Home in Spike Lee’s New Film

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    Now’s your chance to live like a music mogul, a fictional one at least. 

    In the opening scenes of Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, which just premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Academy Award winner Denzel Washington appears on the balcony of a penthouse as hip-hop heavyweight David King. Spanning the entire 32nd floor of the Olympia Dumbo and going for $19.5 million, the five-bedroom aerie offers spine-tingling views of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges plus shimmering New York Harbor and skyline vistas for your own main-character brooding.

    The light-filled living room’s floor-to-ceiling windows frame bird’s eye views of the Brooklyn Bridge.

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    “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” from 1943’s Broadway musical Oklahoma! opens the film, according to Variety, as the lens refocuses on King, who is on track to acquire a majority stake in Stackin’ Hits, the record label he co-founded over two decades before. Just as he cashes in his portfolio and takes out a second mortgage on his two homes, he receives a call from someone who claims to have abducted his teenage son, Trey. It’s the first of several twists that force him to decide whether he’ll cough up a 17.5 million Swiss francs ($21.3 million) ransom. 

    Grateful to not have such problems? Ditto. Instead, imagine kicking back at ease in the mogul’s sky-high retreat that sprawls out over nearly 5,000 square feet. A pair of private elevators open into the abode’s foyer, where a long corridor leads to the open-plan main living area. Floor-to-ceiling windows spanning its living room, kitchen, and dining area allow natural light to flood in seamlessly alongside an expansive terrace with striking panoramic vistas. 

    David King in Highest 2 Lowest stands in his office with a view of Olympia Dumbo (center).

    Screengrab courtesy of ‘Highest 2 Lowest’

    The Workstead-designed kitchen is anchored by a large island inlaid with Fior di Bosco stone slabs and chamfered edges. Raked maple cabinetry and Gaggenau appliances also highlight the culinary oasis that peers into the nearby den that includes a wet bar and a wine refrigerator. Further in, the primary suite with sweeping skyline and Manhattan Bridge views is the ultimate retreat from the urban jungle. Soaring ceilings, dual closets, and a bathroom clad on its walls, floor, and counters with Aglo Ceppo stone are highlights of the primary suite. Nearby is a study with a curved wall of glass that frames open views across the East River. There are another three bedroom suites, plus a den that can be converted to make one more.

    The plush primary suite features padded walls and dual walk-in closets.

    Pavel Bendov / ArchExplorer

    Residents have access to three stories of building amenities, including a two-lane bowling alley, a full-size tennis court, a 60-foot indoor lap pool, and another 58-foot outdoor pool and hot tub. 24-hour doorman and concierge services sweeten the deal. 

    Lee’s remake of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, which debuted in 1963, hits theaters on August 22. Though it’s received mixed reviews thus far, the modern adaptation scored a six-minute standing ovation at last month’s premiere, where Washington and Lee shared laughs with rapper A$AP Rocky and actor Jeffrey Wright, who both co-star in the film. 

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    Pavel Bendov for Olympia Dumbo

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    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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      Valentino Cofounder Giancarlo Giammetti Just Listed His Manhattan Penthouse for $17.5 Million

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      Giancarlo Giammetti, co-founder of the venerable fashion house Valentino, is parting ways with his stylishly appointed penthouse just blocks from New York’s Central Park.

      Situated on the 54th floor of One Beacon Court, where Beyoncé once owned a place, the three-bedroom, three-bath spread was a collaboration between Giammetti and the renowned French interior designer Jacques Grange. The two worked together to compose an art-filled home that complemented the panoramic views visible through the aerie’s 40 floor-to-ceiling windows. While he’s lived in the penthouse for more than a decade, Giammetti is now listing it for $17.5 million with Allison Bandier Koffman and Juliette Janssens of Sotheby’s International Realty—East Side Manhattan Brokerage and Martha Kramer of Brown Harris Stevens.

      “It’s incredible how much I discover every time I approach the windows,” Giammetti told Architectural Digest back in 2013. “Unless it’s bad weather—then I’m in a gray cloud.” Due to the vast amounts of glass, Giammetti has used the home’s limited wall space to display works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, David Hockney, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. 

      Leopard-print flooring adorns the primary bedroom.

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      The front-corner unit, which has three different entrances for guests and staff, opens into a rectangular entry gallery. The corner living room opens up to the library and the dining room, with the full sweep of space measuring in at 77 feet long. Here, Grange covered the floor-to-ceiling columns that break up the windows with Indian mica, adding charcoal and brass tones to the airy expanse.

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      “I love rooms with a darker feeling,” Giammetti said. “New York is a city of light and views, but I wanted a compromise between that openness and my love of warmer, darker tones. I would describe the look of the apartment as chiaroscuro, with rich browns and gold accents.”

      The views from the 54th floor encompass Central Park and the Upper East Side.

      Yoo Jean Han

      The modern kitchen has been outfitted by the German manufacturer Poggenpohl, and there’s a breakfast room for more casual meals. The primary bedroom, with leopard print covering the floors, is paired with a marble-encrusted spa bath and a custom dressing room. The two additional bedrooms are located in a separate wing, and each has its own ensuite bathroom. A powder room and a laundry room complete the abode.

      The 83-year-old Giammetti met Valentino Garavani in 1960, and the two founded the Valentino label that same year. Giammetti left the company in 2007, but he’s remained close with Garavani, now in his 90s, and the two created the Valentino Garavani Foundation in 2017.

      Click here to see all the photos of the glamorous Manhattan aerie.

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      Mick Jagger’s Former London Flat Hits the Market for $7 Million

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      Rock legend Mick Jagger brings the edge on The Rolling Stones’ 1969 track Live With Me, where he mentions taking “tea at three.” He likely indulged in a cup or two at three in his former sub-penthouse—the unit directly below the actual penthouse—in London’s Marylebone area, where he partied with bandmate Keith Richards and then-girlfriend Marianne Faithfull. Now listed for the first time in 30 years with Prime London and Beauchamp Estates, the $7 million (£5.5 million) home resides in a landmark Edwardian-era mansion. 

      Known as Harley House, the gated apartment house was designed by architects Edward Boehmer and Percey Christian Gibbs and built between 1903 and 1904. Jagger’s former party pad sits on the building’s fourth floor with nearly 2,500 square feet of living space. Two reception rooms sit off its entrance hall, and further in, four bedrooms span the layout.

      View of the grand entrance hall with herringbone wood flooring.

      Beauchamp Estates/Gold Lens Photography

      Shortly after the Stones was founded in 1962 by Jagger and Richards, alongside instrumentalist Brian Jones, bassist Bill Wyman, and drummer Charlie Watts, the band began to skyrocket to fame. The success of iconic tracks like (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction and Get Off My Cloud is what allowed Jagger to lease the posh apartment in 1966. He had the place decked out that first summer in a “hippie-bohemian” style. 

      Jagger and Faithfull began dating the same year, and by year’s end, she had “become a regular fixture in the apartment,” the co-listing agents claim in a statement. But if there’s one thing for certain, it’s that the rock star left his mark on the abode before moving in 1968 to Belgravia’s Chelsea Square. 

      During its refurbishment, Jagger had photographer Gered Mankowitz capture portraits of him in a fur coat on the roof and in the drawing room, formerly referenced as the “hippie lounge.” A soaring 10-foot ceiling hovers above a wood-burning fireplace there, next to honey-toned herringbone floorboards that span the home. Richards regularly stopped by, often staying for days at a time after Jagger’s no-doubt epic shindigs that reportedly saw the likes of Princess Margaret as well.  

      The elegant primary bathroom with a walk-in shower and soaking tub.

      Beauchamp Estates/Gold Lens Photography

      Jagger did another photoshoot at the property, during which photographer Colin Jones snapped the musician in its entrance hall, where he stood dressed in a vintage military uniform. Today the flat features a sleek, minimalist kitchen; a formal dining room for 10; a study; and a primary suite with large bay windows, a dressing room, and a very modern bathroom that likely bears little resemblance to Jagger’s days. 

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      Regent’s Park, set adjacent to Harley House, affords homeowners easy access to its calm green spaces; the local underground station makes traversing London a breeze; and, no doubt, when taking a break from performing tracks like Paint it Black or Aftermath, which dropped during his time at Harley House, Jagger and Faithfull visited Harrods and San Lorenzo nearby for lunches. 

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      Beauchamp Estates/Gold Lens Photography

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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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      Rosie O’Donnell’s N.Y.C. Penthouse Sells at a Big Loss for $6.9 Million

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      After two years on the market, Rosie O’Donnell has finally managed to offload her New York City penthouse in Midtown Manhattan’s Turtle Bay neighborhood.

      The lofty residence was first offered for $8.3 million in spring 2023, then subsequently relisted for nearly $8 million before disappearing from the market and resurfacing at a discounted $7.5 million in April 2024. Now the place is under contract to be sold for $6.9 million, a whopping $1.1 million less than the $8 million the comedian and talk show host paid back in 2017. Caroline Bass of Corcoran holds the listing.

      A Guggenheim-inspired staircase off the great room leads up to the rooftop terrace.

      Russ Ross Photography

      Resting on the top two floors of the 33-story Sterling Plaza Tower, a 127-unit development built in the mid-1980s, the duplex has four bedrooms and three baths in roughly 3,600 square feet. Renovated by the previous owner, the interiors still boast Russian wide-plank oak floors, a Guggenheim-inspired staircase, and automated smart-home systems. There’s also a spacious rooftop terrace with views of the Chrysler and Empire State buildings, as well as the East River.

      Among the highlights is a window-lined living area sporting a large honed black granite wood-burning fireplace. An adjacent dining room with a wet bar and built-in window seat connects to a sleek Boffi kitchen, which is outfitted with Corian countertops, an eat-in island, a wine fridge, and high-end Gaggenau and Miele appliances.

      The Boffi kitchen comes with an eat-in island and a wine refrigerator that holds 70 bottles.

      Russ Ross Photography

      The private primary suite is decked out with six custom-designed closets, an additional walk-in closet, and a marble-clad bath with heated floors, dual vanities, a freestanding soaking tub, and a glass-encased steam shower. Elsewhere is a Swedish sauna for two. Rounding it all out is access to a 24-hour doorman and concierge courtesy of a $5,119 monthly maintenance charge.

      The Long Island-born actress, who has starred in Harriet the Spy, The Flintstones, and A League of Their Own, recently relocated to Ireland with her child Clay because of American politics, according to the New York Post, which first reported the sale. “Although I was never someone who thought I would move to another country, that’s what I decided would be best for myself and my 12-year-old child,” O’Donnell said in a TikTok video earlier this month. “And here we are.”

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      Russ Ross Photography

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      Fleetwood Mac Legend Christine McVie’s London Penthouse Hits the Market for $9 Million

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      “I don’t sing about politics or anything like that. I sing about love.” 

      While the sweet statement once made by late Fleetwood Mac keyboardist and singer Christine McVie speaks to her true nature musically, the artist’s affection for contemporary design was more specifically captured in her London penthouse that’s just come up for sale at $8.9 million with Beauchamp Estates. The sunlit sanctuary’s posh amenities include a rooftop garden enveloped in greenery with open views over the city.

      Formerly part of a band named Chicken Shack, Christine joined British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac in 1970. That was two years after marrying John McVie, the group’s bassist. As part of its classic lineup, she famously cranked out tunes alongside drummer Mick Fleetwood, singer Stevie Nicks, and singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. Hit tracks Christine penned for the band include Don’t Stop and Songbird, among others.

      The parquet-floored dining room has one of the home’s eight fireplaces.

      Beauchamp Estates/Tony Murray Photography

      In 1988, McVie left the band after nearly 30 years to live in semi-retirement in a Grade II listed manor house in Kent. Shortly after making an appearance on stage with the band at London’s O2 arena in 2013, she rejoined the band for a world tour. As a result, she began spending more time in London, where she picked up the penthouse on Belgravia’s Eaton Place in 2015, after selling her estate in Kent. 

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      Refreshed by designer Simon Buhl Davis, the penthouse features a double reception room with two seating areas alongside a trio of sash windows that overlook Eaton Place. A doorway embellished with bespoke library joinery leads to the dining room, which seats up to ten guests atop light oak herringbone pattern parquet flooring. The Shaker-style kitchen nearby features yellow ceramic wall tiles, Gaggenau appliances, and a breakfast bar.

      A skylight floods the primary bath with natural light.

      Beauchamp Estates/Tony Murray Photography

      Eight marble fireplaces span the residence, in addition to 9-foot-tall ceilings and tall doors that open to well-appointed rooms like the primary suite. Fixed on the upper level, the bedroom sits beneath a vaulted ceiling, while the marble and tile bathroom sits below a skylight, and the glamorous dressing area comes lined with built-in wardrobes. There are two other bedrooms in the home, which is crowned by a rooftop garden that’s enveloped in mature plantings and overlooks the central district. 

      Privacy and security were priorities for the rock legend, who used the penthouse as a retreat when not on tour until her death at age 79 in 2022.

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      Beauchamp Estates/Tony Murray Photography

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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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      M. Night Shyamalan’s Former N.Y.C. Penthouse Lists for $14.5 Million

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      Plot twist: this New York City penthouse used to be the home of an award-winning Hollywood filmmaker. M. Night Shyamalan, the 54-year-old visionary director behind Signs and The Sixth Sense, bought the duplex apartment in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood for $6.3 million in 2003, property records show. He then sold the pad nearly a decade later in 2012 for a profitable $9.5 million. The seller, whose identity is shielded behind an LLC, shelled out $12.75 million for the deluxe spread in 2021, and now, the spacious downtown abode has popped back up for sale asking $14.5 million. Chris Poore and Eyal Dagan of Sotheby’s International Realty hold the listing. 

      The penthouse crowns a six-unit boutique condo that dates back to 1888, the listing notes, and in the years since Shyamalan lived there, the two-floor condo has undergone a renovation but still maintains the same floating limestone staircase with a custom-sculpted bronze railing and cozy wood-burning fireplace. Today, the stunning loft-style residence measures a commodious 7,185 square feet and has four bedrooms, five bathrooms, a private elevator, and two outdoor terraces.

      The home has three different living areas, one with a monumental fireplace.

      Yale Wagner for Sotheby’s International Realty

      “The celebrity factor can create buzz and make the property more desirable,” Poore told Mansion Global. And, “With three separate living rooms you have ample space for entertaining inside.” 

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      The place is decked out with soaring 13-foot ceilings, black-painted columns, and floor-to-ceiling windows that let in tons of natural light and offer skyline views. The home is centered around open-concept living and dining areas, including a state-of-the-art chef’s kitchen with custom cabinets and a black waterfall island at the center. Rounding out the lower level is an small office, a huge, 39-foot-long den, and three bedrooms, each with its own bath.

      A telescopic wall slides opens to expose the office to the main-floor living room.

      Yale Wagner for Sotheby’s International Realty

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      The primary suite occupies its own dedicated wing on the second floor with exclusive access to one of the two planted terraces that together measure more than 2,000 square feet. The second terrace is at the opposite end of the penthouse and stretches a whopping 42 feet long. 

      Shyamalan, who most recently wrote and directed the 2024 psychological thriller Trap starring Josh Hartnett, owns multiple properties throughout the tri-state area. In 2023, he reportedly picked up a 218-acre estate in Pennsylvania’s Chester County with ties to the Rockefeller family. His portfolio also includes a Georgian Revival house outside of Philadelphia, which is not far from the filmmaker’s childhood home in Wynnewood that changed hands back in 2022 for $1.5 million. 

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      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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      Rupert Murdoch Takes a $20 Million Loss on His New York City Penthouse

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      After a dizzying two years on and off the market and numerous price chops, Rupert Murdoch has finally sold his penthouse in New York’s Flatiron District to an as-yet-unidentified buyer for a speck under $24 million. The Fox News and News Corp owner bought the triplex at the One Madison tower in 2014 for a whopping $43 million, which means he took a stunning $20 million loss on the property, not counting carrying costs, improvement expenses and real estate fees. The nonagenarian billionaire originally aimed for a much higher (and profitable) sum when he first listed the apartment in 2022 for $62 million. Alas, failing to find an interested party at that sky-high price, the media magnate’s mansion in the sky received several price chops. It was last discounted in June to its final ask of $28.5 million.

      The reason for the reductions was to keep the residence in line with comparable values in the area, Kyle Blackmon, the head of luxury sales at Compass, who represented the property, told Crain’s New York Business over the summer. “My client is a realist, and he is very astute about how markets function,” Blackmon explained to the newspaper.

      Rupert Murdoch’s triplex penthouse at One Madison in New York City just sold for $23.8 million.

      Anton Brookes | H5 property

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      The condo occupies the 58th, 59th, and 60th floors of the bronze and glass skyscraper and has been renovated during Murdoch’s decade-long residence. Altogether, the three-level spread comprises six bedrooms and six and a half bathrooms across its 7,143 square feet and is decked out with double-height, floor-to-ceiling windows that offer up panoramic views of the Empire State Building, along with the gold dome that caps the New York Edition hotel. And, for those with no fear of heights, a slender terrace wraps around the great room.

      The great room has floor-to-ceiling windows with 360-degree city views.

      Anton Brookes | H5 property

      The lower floor holds an eat-in chef’s kitchen, a dining room, and a cozy library. There’s an option of taking the private internal elevator or sculptural, circular staircase to the middle level, which holds two guest bedrooms with private baths, plus a staff suite. There are two more en suite guest bedroom and a primary suite complete with an ensuite bath and large dressing room on the top floor.

      The apartment overlooks the Empire State building and 23 East 22nd Street.

      Anton Brookes | H5 property

      As it turns out, Murdoch hasn’t had much luck at One Madison: he sold another condo situated directly below the triplex back in October 2022 for $12.5 million, about $1.5 million less than the $14 million he paid when he snapped it up in 2014.

      The Australian-born tycoon and his new bride—he was married for the fifth time earlier this year to retired Russian molecular biologist Elena Zhukova—isn’t saying goodbye to New York City altogether as he remains the owner of a 6,500-square-foot, full-floor apartment at Hampshire House on Central Park South, which he picked up last year for $35.2 million, a whopping $5.2 million over the asking price.

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      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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      Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s Manhattan Pied-à-Terre Can Be Yours for $10 Million

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      One of Hollywood’s most successful and enduring couples, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, long made their home on a 6.8-acre spread in Westport, Connecticut. For decades, they also maintained a penthouse pied-à-terre that Woodward, sixteen years after Newman’s death, has just hoisted onto the market for $9.95 million. Maintenance charges tally up to more than $13,000 per month, according to listings held by Noble Black and Jennifer Stillman of Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

      According to The New York Times, the couple acquired the penthouse in the early 1980s and used it for weeks-long stays in the city and for entertaining prominent, high-powered friends such as Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Tom Cruise, Cher, and Harry Belafonte. The sale is being handled by the couple’s children on behalf of Woodward, who largely retreated from public life after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2007. Carefully maintained but not updated much in recent years, the top-floor spread retains original prewar features like nearly 11-foot ceilings, herringbone wood floors, a wood-burning fireplace, and decorative wood moldings and built-ins.

      RELATED: This $20 Million Manhattan Penthouse Is Perched Atop the Tallest Residential Tower on Fifth Avenue

      Newman was a skilled jazz and blues pianist who kept a grand piano in the living room.

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      The apartment is one of two penthouses atop a handsome, J.E.R. Carpenter-designed limestone-clad building, which was completed in 1925 and stands at the corner of East 93rd Street and Fifth Avenue across from the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. One of the more distinguished cooperative apartment houses on Fifth Avenue, other notable residents over the years include another entertainment industry couple who have been married for decades, Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan, and James Gorman, the former CEO of Morgan Stanley, who will become chairman of The Walt Disney Company next year.

      Essentially set up as a one-bedroom apartment with two bathrooms and a powder room, the penthouse pad spans about 3,000 square feet. Two terraces add another 2,300 square feet of space, one east-facing with sweeping sunrise views over Central Park and the other with north, west and south city and sunset views. 

      Newman, a racecar driver as well as a skilled pianist, once kept a grand piano in the 36-foot-long living room that has a fireplace at one end and a hidden walk-in dry bar at the other. The adjacent dining room has a wall of built-in shelves, while the kitchen is functional if quite dated with tile that dates to the 1980s. The service areas around the kitchen include a butler’s pantry, a breakfast room with terrace access and a spacious laundry room.

      The dining room features original wood moldings and built-ins.

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      Off the foyer is a study that can be used as a second bedroom, while the spacious primary suite is a combination of two smaller bedrooms. There are two walk-in closets, a tiled bathroom and access to a huge wrap-around terrace. Woodward owns a separate two-bedroom apartment on the ground floor, which was used as an office, gym and guest space, and is reported to be available for purchase separately. 

      Newman and Woodward are show business legends with storied careers and long lists of accolades. Between them they received 15 Academy Award nominations. Woodward took home a best actress award for the 1957 film The Three Faces of Eve, while Newman won his best actor trophy for Martin Scorsese’s 1986 movie “The Color of Money” and was also honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1994.

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      Kirsten Dunst’s Former Manhattan Penthouse Hits the Market for $7 Million

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      Two years after she was nominated for an Oscar for her role in The Power of the Dog, Kirsten Dunst is making her long-awaited return to the silver screen in the upcoming A24 action thriller Civil War. And just like that, the actress’s former New York City penthouse is back on the market. 

      Asking just shy of $7 million, the industrial-chic apartment at 533 Canal Street is perched on top of a pre-war co-op in lower Manhattan’s Hudson Square neighborhood. The Hollywood star, whose proverbial big break was the 1994 horror film Interview with the Vampire, splashed out a cool $3 million for the eighth-floor aerie back in 2007, The New York Post first reported. She sold up in 2018 for a profitable $4.4 million, and the apartment later had a brief stint as a $12,500-per-month rental.

      Kirsten Dunst’s former New York City penthouse is for sale.

      Travis Mark for Corcoran

      Dunst’s former home features oversized arched windows, soaring 11-foot ceilings, wide-plank hardwood flooring, and tons of exposed brick, and, according to the listing, which is held by Laura Weinkam of Corcoran, the two-bedroom, two-bath apartment recently underwent a top-to-bottom renovation.

      Among the abode’s newer features is an open chef’s kitchen equipped with state-of-the-art appliances, glossy marble countertops, and custom blue cabinets. Other highlights include the primary suite, which has been totally redone and sports a custom-designed wardrobe that leads to a windowed walk-in closet. There’s also an ensuite bathroom, kitted out with a free-standing, vintage soaking tub, a separate shower stall, custom mosaic tiled floors, and a towel warmer.

      The secondary bedroom, separated from the living room by sliding glass and brass panels, is currently configured as a library, but guests can still be accommodated with a Murphy bed that’s cleverly tucked within a wall of built-ins. Nearby is the second bathroom.

      The apartment has been renovated and features new wood flooring and custom cabinetry.

      Travis Mark for Corcoran

      The boutique building, which was originally built in 1911, has a history as the former venue for the infamous Canal Zone party of 1978. Conceptualized by Stan Peskett, Michael Holman, and Fab 5 Freddy, the shindig was held at Peskett’s 5,000-square-foot loft and was attended by the late Jean-Michel Basquiat, who was an unknown graffiti artist at the time.

      In the years since, the co-op, also known by its alternate address of 477 Washington Street, has attracted a fair share of other well-known celebrities. Most notably, it hosted former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe and director Gus Van Sant. Ex-brothers-in-law Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix were also reported to have shared an apartment in the building, which sold in 2020 for $3.1 million.  

      Click here to see all the photos of 477 Washington Street, 8W. 

      Travis Mark for Corcoran

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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, dining, travel and topics…

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