Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s Longtime Manhattan Penthouse Lists for $9.95 Million
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Following 40 years of ownership, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s Manhattan pied-à-terre has hit the New York City real estate market with a $9.95 million asking price, the New York Times reports. Situated right off of Central Park in Carnegie Hill, the 15th-floor penthouse at 1120 Fifth Avenue offers uninterrupted views of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir and the city skyline further out. The children of Woodward and the late Newman are handling the sale on behalf of Woodward, who resides at their family home in Westport, Connecticut.
It’s not hard to see why the 2,500-square-foot residence was Newman and Woodward’s “oasis in New York,” as the legendary couple’s youngest child, Clea Newman Soderlund, told the NYT. The 1925-built pad boasts views of the sunrise and the sunset and sprawling terraces on each side that total an additional 2,300 square feet.
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Numerous original details of the home remain intact, including herringbone floors, a wood-burning fireplace, moldings, and built-ins. “It was really kind of their romantic spot,” Newman Soderlund said. “They would spend weeks at a clip there. They would go to the theater or the opera or out to dinner with friends.” Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Tom Cruise, Cher, Harry Belafonte were among the notable names who the Oscar-winning duo entertained at the penthouse.
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The home—which will run its new owner $13,078 in monthly maintenance fees—hosts two bedrooms, three bathrooms, a private elevator, a formal dining room, and a spacious living room where Newman kept his baby grand piano. “They spent a lot of time there listening to music and enjoying the view,” Newman Soderlund said. Newman and Woodward also kept a ground-floor dwelling in the same J. E. R. Carpenter–designed building, which they used as an office, gym, and guest quarters; that two-bedroom unit is also for sale, per the NYT.
Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest
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