The real owner of the building that served as the exterior of Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment Sex and the City Permission was granted to build a gate in front of the property to prevent fans from climbing its front steps and disrupting residents.
asked the building’s owner, Barbara Lorber New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission To obtain a permit to build a structure in front of the apartment that has become a “global tourist destination,” I wrote in a letter. Lorber explained that the constant visits from tourists have become a nuisance for residents even with a “Private Property – No Trespassing” sign and chain located at the bottom of the building’s steps.
“After more than 20 years of hoping that the fascination with my curtsy would disappear and that fans would find something new to be devoted to, I acknowledged that we needed something more substantial,” she added in the letter.
Lorber had to request approval to build a steel and iron gate due to the building’s location in the Greenwich Village Historic District and the Landmarks Preservation Commission later approved her request. Tuesday session.
“This house should not be foreclosed on,” Lorber said at the hearing. “I’ve been hoping for decades that this would go away, but at this point, I think even someone as stubborn as me has to admit that this isn’t going away in the near future.”
In her original statement, Lorber said that despite efforts to deter intruders, some “will climb over the chain, stand, dance, or lie on the stairs, climb to the top to peer into the salon windows, and attempt to open the main entrance door.” Or if you’re drunk late at night, ring the doorbells.
Lorber purchased the building in 1978 and was approached by a “young site scout” in the 1990s to use the site as the now iconic façade for Sarah Jessica Parker’s character’s Upper East Side apartment (even though the building is on the West Side of Manhattan). . She agreed to let the series use her building to help Tyson Bedner, a recent NYU graduate who now serves as an executive producer on the series. Bear.
Sex and the City It premiered in 1998 and has since become a cultural touchstone in popular culture with six seasons of an HBO original series, two films, and a prequel series. Carrie Diary And the beloved sequel And just like that.
“Take all the pictures you want while standing on the street,” Lorber concluded his speech at the hearing. “But please don’t come up into our space.”
