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Continue readingThe home featured in Breakfast at Tiffany's The iconic New York City brownstone featured in the film version of Truman Capote's classic romantic comedy Breakfast at Tiffany's has sold once again – for a staggering $7.4 million. While the interior shots of the house seen in the movie were filmed in a studio, including the famous scene with Mickey Rooney's character, Mr. Yunioshi, the actual home is located at on Manhattan's Upper East Side. It features more than 3,500 sq. ft., and still has its signature olive green doors. Hepburn fans may recall that she and neighboring tenant Paul Varjak (played by George Peppard) performed some of the film's...
Continue readingSome not-so-subtle reminder that the brownstone had a part in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. (Peter Ashe) The Upper East Side brownstone featured in the 1961 Truman Capote classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s has sold once again. The townhouse at 169 East 71st Street was used for the exterior shots of the apartment building where Audrey Hepburn’s Holly Golightly lived, and the elegant brownstone’s ownership history gives the fictional New York social(climber)ite’s colorful past a run for its money. Before selling to the still-mysterious Cyprus-based Costalea Holdings Limited, it was the home of disgraced former Merrill Lynch broker Peter E. Bacanovic, whose connectio...
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