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Meg Ryan's 'You've Got Mail' NYC townhouse listed for $3.95m

By · Via Times of India · Published by Everything Blog

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The 1894 brick and limestone property offers roughly 5,885 square feet across five floors and a basement, carrying an annual property tax bill of $79,664.04. Converted into a multi-family setup in the early 1980s, the building features seven units with eight bedrooms and nine bathrooms in total. It includes an owner's duplex equipped with central air conditioning, wood-burning fireplaces, original architectural details, and a private garden. Although recognizable from the Nora Ephron hit, only the building's exterior was captured on film, with interior scenes filmed in New Jersey.

Key points

  • Buyers have the flexibility to maintain the building as an income-generating seven-unit p…: Buyers have the flexibility to maintain the building as an income-generating seven-unit property or convert it into a single-family residence.
  • The property includes an owner's duplex featuring wood-burning fireplaces, central air co…: The property includes an owner's duplex featuring wood-burning fireplaces, central air conditioning, and a private garden.
  • The sale emerges as director Jason Orley develops a new take on the original film for War…: The sale emerges as director Jason Orley develops a new take on the original film for Warner Bros. Pictures.

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The famous

You’ve Got Mail townhouse on the Upper West Side is on the market for $3.95 million, according to a report by Robb Report. The five-storey townhouse at 328 West 89th Street is best known as the exterior of Meg Ryan’s home in the 1998 film

You’ve Got Mail. Richard Pretsfelder and Morgan Garofalo of Leslie Garfield are handling the sale.

A house built in 1894

Pic credit: Leslie Garfield

The building dates to 1894. In the early 1980s, the house was converted into a multi-family home with seven units, and it is still configured that way. The famous townhouse offers buyers a flexible opportunity. They can maintain it as a turnkey investment or reimagine it as a grand single-family home, the agents told the outlet. Pretsfelder described the arrangement as a “flexible layout”.

Pic credit: Leslie Garfield

A famous house

Pic credit: Leslie Garfield

The house was used as the home of Meg Ryan’s character, Kathleen Kelly. Only the exterior was used. The interior scenes were shot on a soundstage in New Jersey. The exterior, though, is the…

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