Asking $12M, this ivy-covered Upper East Side brownstone was once Gloria Vanderbilt’s home
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Photos courtesy of Compass
Located in the Carnegie Hill Historic District in the heart of the Upper East Side, this ivy-covered 6,400-square-foot townhouse at 67 East 91st Street was built in the 1890s. The five-story home has been updated with elegant and functional 21st-century interiors–including an elevator, a greenhouse/studio, and a solarium–while retaining its turn-of-the-century charm. It was undoubtedly this quiet grandeur that won the heart of designer-author-socialite (and Anderson Cooper’s mom) Gloria Vanderbilt, who lived here in the 1980s and 90s. The classic Manhattan townhouse was recently listed for $11,995,000.
On the first floor, a gracious foyer opens into a formal entrance gallery; up a curving staircase is the parlor floor, a study in brownstone elegance with 11-foot ceilings and a paneled living room with a wood-burning fireplace.
A formal dining room boasts another wood-burning fireplace. There’s a full bath on this floor as well.
Back down at the garden level is a timelessly renovated eat-in kitchen. Bespoke wood cabinetry from Eppley Building and Design and top-of-the-line appliances frame countertops of white marble.
Off the kitchen is a charming dining patio. The star feature on this floor is a spacious greenhouse, used by Vanderbilt as a painting studio and by the home’s current owner, a photographer, as an art gallery and entertaining space.
On the third floor is the quiet, rear-facing primary bedroom suite with an en-suite bath and garden views. Adjacent is a sunny, south-facing study with a wood-burning fireplace and bath. These tranquil chambers also have access to large walk-in closets.
More bedrooms and bathrooms await on the fourth and fifth floors. A fourth-floor bedroom has the charming surprise of a solarium sitting room.
The roof is currently unfinished but can be fitted with a deck to create a rooftop garden. The home’s large cellar offers a full laundry room and plenty of additional storage.
[Listing details: 67 East 91st Street at CityRealty]
[67 East 91st Street by Tania Isacoff Friedland, Allison Chiaramonte and Sarah Minton of Compass and Jed Garfield of Leslie Garfield]
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Photos courtesy of Compass
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