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“Moulin Rouge” director Baz Luhrmann’s home hits market for $20M
Gramercy Park townhome's was remade under "The Great Gatsby" director's direction
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Yes, you can-can-can buy Baz Luhrmann’s house!
The award-winning “Moulin Rouge” director has placed the Gramercy Park townhouse with views of Stuyvesant Square Park on the market for $500 short of $20 million.
The New York Post is reporting the personal touch of the Australian-born director of the upcoming Elvis Presley biopic can be seen throughout the five-story townhouse he purchased in 2017 for $13.5 million and remade in 2019.
The Great Gatsby-era six-bedroom, five-bath home built in 1925 has 8,500 square feet of living space behind its 28-foot-wide walls on E. 17th Street. It has high ceilings throughout, along with original features including its molding, five fireplaces, arched doorways, skylights and a grand, winding staircase.
The backyard can be reached from an eat-in kitchen that features a butler’s pantry, painted pine cabinetry and marble countertops, according to the publication.
The “Strictly Ballroom” directed could show his favorite movies to friends in a basement screening room that can be accessed through a door beneath the staircase or by elevator from inside the home. There’s also an additional bedroom nearby, the newspaper reports.
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243 East 17th Street (Corcoran)
The home’s primary bedroom is located in the rear of the parlor level, has an ensuite bathroom, private terrace and walk-in closet, according to the listing.
From the outside, passers-by can admire the three-bay facade with round-arched doors and windows, a cast-iron balcony and a paneled cornice.
The third floor consists of three bedrooms and two bathrooms along with the laundry room and a sitting room. The fourth floor is a standalone suite with a a bedroom and a bathroom, bar, gym, and living room, according to the report.
Renowned jazz tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan and his wife Sandy Jordan, lived in that fourth-floor studio in the home for decades before Luhrmann bought the home, according to the Post.
[New York Post] — Vince DiMiceli