Eleanor Roosevelt’s former home at 211 East 62nd Street is for sale.
Mrs. Roosevelt moved into the apartment in 1953. Needing a base of operations for her New York undertakings, she wrote about moving to her “new little apartmentˮ in her newspaper column.
The longest-serving First Lady of the United States — holding the post from March 1933 to April 1945 — Mrs Roosevelt moved out in 1958.
The building has since been converted to 5,200 s/f single family home with four bedrooms, five full bathrooms and two powder rooms. It has an enclosed garden on the ground floor with a fountain, a terrace overlooking the garden, and a roof deck.
Lauren Kende, Leslie Bott and Nancy Woods of Fenwick Keats Real Estate, has listed the house for $18 million.
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Time is running out to buy a Baccarat tower home with a terrace.
Starwood Capital Group and Tribeca Associates just released unit 18BC at Baccarat Hotel & Residences New York, which has a 3,552 s/f wrap-around terrace.
The 4,178 s/f duplex is one of only two remaining residences with outdoor space.
It’s listed at $19.5 million.
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A four bedroom apartment at 515 East 79th Street has just been listed for $3.35 million by Corcoran agents Elyse Gutman and Stephen Gutman.
The building was used in the filming of the 1990 Bette Midler movie Beaches, a story about two best friends from different backgrounds that featured Midler’s Grammy-winning Wind Beneath My Wings.
The sunny four bedroom — which wasn’t in the actual movie — has open river and city views, the brokers tell us.
It’s a combination apartment with a step-down, double-sized living room overlooking a double-sized balcony.
There are three full baths (all en suite), two powder rooms and a steam room with double-sized Jacuzzi.
The Asten House co-ops is a star in its own right. The building’s lobby is as elegant as ever and the property is “meticulously run by the resident manager.ˮ
