Inside the townhouse where Bob Dylan lived
We go Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door and have a peak around…
Words: Josh Lee
Photography: Hayley Day / DDReps for Sotheby’s International Realty
This month sees the release of A Complete Unknown, the long-awaited music biopic in which Timothée Chalamet takes on what is perhaps a career-defining role as Bob Dylan. The film centres around a young Dylan arriving in New York, in 1961, and follows him as he evolves from a folksy player into an electric icon. It’s apt timing, then, that Sotheby’s International Realty has recently listed 242 East 49th Street, the Manhattan townhouse where Dylan lived during the early 1970s (a period in which he recorded hits such as ‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door’ and ‘Tangled Up in Blue’).
Measuring 19ft-wide, the pad – which is now renovated and largely defined by darkwood and swathes of white and cream – was built in 1899 and comes with an elevator, five-and-a-half bathrooms, five bedrooms and roughly 5,400sq ft of space across five floors, an ideal footprint for hosting the local art scene. Details that raise the appeal further are the seven wood-burning fireplaces, the arched glass windows, and the dual-level rear garden. Capping things off is the fact that the abode is part of Turtle Bay Gardens, a collection of 20 historic homes that are anchored by green space and have seen residents such as Katharine Hepburn and E.B. White.
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