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You can buy the Gilded Age former home of the Gucci family, Calvin Klein and Italian ambassadors for $16M
This pedigreed Gilded Age townhome just got a h✃andsome price cut.
The 10,300-square-foot residence right off Central Park is not only the former home of Italy’s United Nations ambassador but also the one-time property of both Calvin Klein and the Guc𓃲ci family.
The listing, first reported꧃ in March, is newly priced at $16 million – a $3.5 million ൩price reduction.
The impressive listing was recently entrusted to George Vande💛rploeg and Stuart Brannan of Douglas Elliman in February, according to StreetEasy. Vanderploeg told The Post that the current owners, due to regulations, had to initially price and list the property on their own.
The Italian government purchased the pad in 1991 from none other than fashion mogul Calvin Klein, who acquired the home just three years prior, according to city records. Before him, a com♈pany associated with the Gucci family held the deed. 𒆙;
The 1902 brick and limestone neo-Georgian spans six levels and boasts an impressive depth of 77 feet. The townhome features quintessential details of the Gilded Age kept lovingly intact by its numerous stewards –ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ 13-foot ceilings, ornate fireplaces and a grand staircase.
The home’s entrance gives way to a grand entrance hall connected to a large living room and a dining roomꦐ with seats for 16.&🍎nbsp;The back patio and garden area, accessed from the parlor floor kitchen, spans 250 square feet, Vanderploeg said.
Vanderploeg compared the home’s tall ceilings to an Italian palazzo’s grand piano nobile, or principal floor.
The upper floors include a wood-pane൲led library with one of the home’﷽s eight wood-burning fireplaces and a primary bedroom with two large dressing rooms.
The property features six bedrooms, including two🌠 sta��ff rooms in the 1,693-square-foot basement.
The fifth-floor penthouse 🍃suite, which encompasses a bedroom and a loft-like living room lit by a skylight, boasts access to a 1,600-square-foot rooftop, according to the listing.
Vanderploeg said the most recent owners of the home made relatively few changes, but the home’s three kitchens were redone to facilitate catering for large parties.
