
Are you one of the millions of girls — or boys — who would just kill to live like a high-powered diva? Specifically, the editor-in-chief of a chic yet fictional New York-based fashion magazine titled “Runway”? Now’s your chance, because the stylish limestone and marble townhouse that Meryl Streep’s character Miranda Priestly called home in the 2006 film “The Devil Wears Prada” just popped up for sale on Gotham’s Upper East Side, asking a whopping $27.5 million.
Purchased by hedge-fund mogul Craig Effron and his wife Caryn almost a decade ago for $8.8 million — and subsequently customized to their tastes in 2005 by Anthony Baratta — the 22-foot-wide Neo-Italian Renaissance structure was built in the early 1900s and designed by architect Henry Allan Jacobs, and has seven bedrooms and 10 baths filtered across 12,000 square feet of living space on five levels, all accessible via an elevator or a stunning spiral staircase. There’s also a full basement with a recreation room, plus a roof terrace sporting a hot tub.
Highlights include a formal gallery displaying a marble fireplace and glamorous Murano chandelier, along with an inviting den laced with Anigre wood paneling, and living room boasting two fireplaces, a wall of custom bookshelves and three sets of arched French doors. A fireside dining room is spotlighted by a cerulean blue chandelier and doors spilling out to a terrace, while the gourmet kitchen comes complete with gingham marble floors, Carrara marble and stainless countertops, industrial lighting from the 1930s, top-tier Viking and Sub-Zero appliances, and an accompanying breakfast room.
Also standing out is a sumptuous master retreat, which is outfitted with a Juliette balcony, fireplace, spacious walk-in-closet, and luxe bath equipped with dual vanities, a dressing area and soaking tub resting beneath a five-foot-tall oculus window; and elsewhere is another bedroom that’s been converted into a mirrored gym and fireside library, as well as a bespoke basketball court. Did we mention that it’s also right across the street from Gloria Steinem‘s home?
The listing is held by Adam Modlin of Modlin Group.
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