The ‘Devil’ Miranda Priestly’s six-storey Manhattan townhouse sells for $36m

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It was the scene of pivotal moments in the 2006 movie that stars Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A New York townhouse made famous by the movie The Devil Wears Prada has sold for about US$26.5 million .

The seven-bedroom Manhattan home was seen in the movie as where fictional publishing maven Miranda Priestly – played by Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep – lived with her husband and twin daughters. It provides the backdrop for pivotal scenes in the 2006 movie that shows Miranda’s horrible treatment of her assistant, Andy , and a vulnerable moment that revealed the strain in Miranda’s marriage.

In real life, the home is located in one of the best landmark-district blocks of the Upper East Side at 129 East 73rd Street between Park and Lexington Avenues. The townhouse was listed for US$27.5 million in May. It measures about 12,000 sq ft across six floors, according to the Modlin Group.The house was purchased by Mr Craig Effron, a founding partner of the hedge fund Scoggin Capital Management, and his wife, Caryn, in 2003 for US$8.8 million.An eat-in kitchen has a gingham-pattern floor, while the dining room has velvet wall panelling. The formal entry gallery has a marble fireplace.

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