The Photo on left was taken in 1936. Photo on right was taken recently.
The red, 9 1/2 foot wide, 42 foot long brick building in Greenwich Village was built in 1873 on land used as an alley between homes. The address is 75½ Bedford Street.
The town house was listed for sale last August at $2.7 million. The two bedroom, two bath dwelling last sold in 2000 for $1.6 million.
A plaque on the narrow Bedford Street home notes poet and author Edna St. Vincent Millay once lived there; so did anthropologist Margaret Mead. It is also said that actor John Barrymore also lived in the house.
Since its beginnings in 1873, the West Village building has housed a cobbler shop, candy factory, and been a home to many including actor John Barrymore.
A plaque on the outside of the building states that poet and author Edna St. Vincent Millay and anthropologist Margaret Mead once lived in the home
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A picture of my cave
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