New York is the city where you can just walk anywhere and is filled with a colorful history. It is also a city famous for its Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Rockefeller Station, and the Grand Central Station. NYC is not only known for these tourist spots, but many famous people lived here - writers, novelists, artists and celebrities. Some notable homes of the late writers can still be found here.
1. 70 Willow Street
The "yellow house" in 70 Willow Street in Brooklyn Heights was the former house of the American author of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "In Cold Blood" Truman Capote. According to 2sqft, his house was one of the most expensive houses sold in Brooklyn in 2012, priced at $12.5 million. The house of Capote now owned by Jay Maisel has crystal chandeliers, 11 fireplaces.
According to Bowery Boys History, the house was designed in Greek Revival style and built by Adrian Van Sinderen in 1839. The house was history in itself. Even Tony-nominated Broadway stage designer Oliver Smith lived here just before Truman Capote.
2. 170 East 2nd Street
The building in East Village was where Beat Generation Allen Ginsberg used to live; the address of the building is now 408 East 10th Street. Ginsberg was fond of Eastern religions and communism. Ginsberg lived in mere modesty and he resided in this building from 1965-75. According to Right Here NYC, the building is now a grocery store known as Consuelas grocery.
3. NW Corner of 5th Avenue and 23rd St.
On where now resides a Starbucks Restaurant was a former childhood home of Edith Warthon, the Pulitzer-prize winner novelist and author of "The House of Mirth" and "The Age of Innocence". The Mount indicated on their article last 2010 that Municipal Art Society held a walking tour on this site.
4. 142 Columbia Heights
The penthouse that houses rustic interiors and modern designed walls and ceilings was once owned by the American novelist and journalist Norman Mailer. The house was located in Brooklyn, and a nautical theme was designed by Mailer on this house in the 60s. In 2011, the property was relisted at $2.5 million.
5. 222 West 23rd Street
A historical hotel stands in on this address, Hotel Chelsea, and a long list of famous names have resided on this hotel, some of them are Mark Twain, Jack Kerouac, Arthur Miller, and Thomas Wolfe. The hotel was built here from 1883 and 1885. Even some survivors of the sunken "Titanic" stayed for a while on this hotel.
