Berlin’s duplex will take your breath away...
ASKING PRICE:
$3.995m
HE’S accepted as one of the greatest songwriters in American history, and composer Irving Berlin clearly had impeccable taste in more than just music.
The composer of classics such as White Christmas, Puttin’ on the Ritz, Anything You Can Do, and There’s No Business Like Showbusiness, lived in this penthouse duplex in New York with his wife Ellin.
They bought it back in 1931, when he was 43, and lived there for the next 13 years. Inspired by its exceptional views over the
East River, Carl Schurz
Park and the city, it was where he wrote I’ve Got
My Love to Keep Me
Warm, Say it Isn’t So, and where he finally released
God Bless America which he’d written years earlier.
Located in the East Side’s Yorkville neighbourhood, which is also home to singer Ricky Martin and Will & Grace actress Debra Messing, the apartment is now on the market.
Taking full advantage of the views, the corner living room has five oversized windows and an adjoining wraparound terrace creating the perfect setting for outdoor entertaining.
A formal dining room opens into a Four Seasons Room which accesses the terrace, and is a kitchen and bedroom with bath complete the lower level.
A circular staircase leads to the master bedroom and a second bedroom, two bathrooms and a light-filled study/guest room with access to an upstairs terrace. The East End Avenue apartment is for sale with Warburg Realty (warburgrealty. com), priced $3.995m.