Broadway song-and-dance singer Tommy Tune is promoting his penthouse at Southgate, an Emery Ross-designed prewar co-op advanced on a quiet cul-de-sac on the East River.
Mr. Thune, 85, stated in an e mail that he owns one other penthouse within the advanced, however “now that I’m retired, I actually solely want one among these residences.”
Both residences are positioned on East 52nd Street close to 1st Avenue. The unit on the market in constructing quantity 414 is a one-bedroom, one-bathroom penthouse with an expansive wrap-around terrace and beautiful metropolis and river views. The asking value is $2.3 million, in line with itemizing brokers Leighton Candler and Bradley Komisar of the Corcoran Group. His month-to-month upkeep payment is $3,197.
Mr. Tune, a Texas native who additionally has a house in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has owned a number of areas in Manhattan since coming to the town within the Sixties to make his Broadway debut in “Baker Street.” He purchased his first house in Southgate in 2007, a tower penthouse in Building 400, for about $1.3 million. He stated it caught his consideration when he realized that his adjoining penthouse, No. 414, was as soon as a ballroom with 12-foot ceilings.
“Well, once I heard that, I considered dancing,” he stated. “And after all we needed to dance!”
Mr. Thune purchased his second penthouse in 2013 for practically $1.4 million and rented out his first penthouse to a good friend. (He stated he supposed to return as soon as the tenant moved out and repairs have been made.)
“Originally, it was supposed for use as an artwork studio and visitor home,” Mr. Tune stated of the penthouse at 414. I wished to share it and have enjoyable on the market. ”
But that wasn’t the case till main renovations have been performed, Candler stated. He added some theatrical touches, together with stage lighting on the ceiling, ballet bars for stretching within the bed room and bathe, and wooden floors painted a vivid royal navy blue. There is a large purple T on the terrace, which is lit up at night time. This is a part of the outdated Radio City Music Hall signal.
“You would not anticipate Tommy Tune to stay in a vanilla area,” Candler says.
This house is roughly 1,000 sq. ft and occupies all the prime flooring of the constructing. Enter by a non-public, locked elevator. The lobby opens onto the lounge/eating space with a wood-burning hearth.
Mr. Tune created a small area of interest within the wall to retailer the quite a few awards he received throughout his lengthy and profitable profession within the theater. These embody Tony Award wins for Performance, Choreography, and Directing and his 2015 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theater. He labored on a number of hit reveals over time, together with “Grand Hotel” and “Will His Rogers Follies.”
Beyond the penthouse eating space is a galley kitchen with wooden cupboards and counter tops and a washer/dryer unit. “Tommy wished the kitchen to seem like a cowboy kitchen, so he designed it with plywood and customized orange screws,” stated Peter Grebo, who runs Mr. Tune’s leisure manufacturing firm.
Just off the lounge is a spacious bed room with a separate alcove dressing space. The close by lavatory has a deep soaking bathe embellished with colourful mosaic tiles. It may be accessed from both the bed room or the hallway to accommodate visitors.
All of the house’s major rooms open onto an roughly 2,700-square-foot terrace lined with potted boxwoods and that includes a eating pergola and areas for lounging, yoga, and meditation.
“The terrace is clearly a giant promoting level,” Candler stated. “I’ve by no means seen a one-bedroom with a lot outside area.”
Mr Tune stated he put in synthetic turf on the terrace “so we might have a very enjoyable croquet social gathering”.
“We had loads of nice instances there,” stated Thune, who hosted quite a few gatherings on the penthouse, together with weddings with high-profile visitors. “Lauren Bacall was watching the fireworks from the terrace.”
He added, “I’d by no means wish to stay anyplace else in New York City besides on this avenue.”