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<\/p>\n\n\tGilded Age mansions and ornate townhouses line the streets of Manhattan\u2019s Upper East Side, where A-listers like Madonna and Spike Lee have snapped up property. Annie Hall director Woody Allen calls the neighborhood home, too, living in a gorgeous Georgian-style pad on East 70th Street. Next to that sits another historic gem. <\/p>\n
\n\tThe five-story townhouse was originally built in 1869, though master builder Michael Reid, who worked on the Ritz-Carlton and the Morgan Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, spearheaded the redesign of its facade in 1899. Today, the home\u2019s distinct two-story copper bay window reflects its Victorian-era charm from the curb. <\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tThe parlor-floor dining room. <\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHayley Ellen Day<\/p>\n
\n\tArt historian Susan Weber Soros, ex-wife of billionaire George Soros, reportedly bought the property for $22.3 million in 2012. It changed hands in 2014, when investor Chris Cole bought it through an LLC in a $31 million off-market deal, according to the New York Post<\/a>. He brought it back to market for $33 million in March 2015, property records show. Three price cuts later, it sold for $19 million in November 2016\u2014a $12 million loss from what he paid.<\/p>\n \n\tMeasuring 20 feet wide and covering over 6,400 square feet, the spacious abode features five bedrooms, grand entertaining rooms, a custom library, a glass-roofed breakfast room, and a private irrigated garden that soaks up sunlight. <\/p>\n \n\tVersailles parquet flooring spans the foyer, where a leafy wallpaper sets the elegant tone. Further in on the entry level, a cozy den is warmed by a marble wood-burning fireplace, and a kitchen is brightened by a skylight. Nearby, a glass-encased breakfast room opens directly out onto a 26-foot-deep garden with a built-in barbecue.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tAn entertainment room on the top floor of the residence. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHayley Ellen Day<\/p>\n \n\tOne flight or elevator ride up to the parlor floor, the living room showcases soaring ceilings of over 12 feet, a fireplace, and a massive bay window overlooking 70th Street. A butler\u2019s pantry, a formal dining room, and one of two terraces are also spread across the level. The third floor, meanwhile, is outfitted with a library featuring the second bay window and a primary suite with two walk-in closets and a view of the garden.<\/p>\n \n\tFour more en-suite bedrooms are spread across the fourth and fifth floors, while a skylit entertainment room with a fireplace sits on the top floor. The Manhattan townhouse, located between Park and Lexington, is now available for $22.5 million with Jed Garfield, Caylyn Sullivan, and Kalli Meagher of Leslie Garfield.<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tClick here<\/a> for more images of the Manhattan residence.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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