NYC townhouse where James Gandolfini once rented asks $13.75M for sale

A landmarked Manhattan townhouse where the late actor James Gandolfini once rented a unit has received yet another price chop — after lingering on and off the market since 2007. The Greek Revival spread, at 179 Sullivan St.in Greenwich Village — where the actress Mischa Barton also once lived — is now asking $13.75 million, which is a hefty drop from its $16.49 million ask last year.

(Riding a pricing rollercoaster, the property asked $17.5 million in 2016 — a dramatic jump from its $10 million list price in 2007.) Gandolfini rented the second floor as his study when he was acting in “God of Carnage” on Broadway in 2009, Gimme Shelter previously reported.Gandolfini, best known as the star on “The Sopranos,” died in 2013 at the age of 51 while on vacation in Italy with his family.“The building is a masterpiece.

When you walk inside and see the entrance, it is awe-inspiring,” said listing broker Beatrice Caponetti of Brown Harris Stevens, adding that the home is now priced to sell.At 25 feet wide, the residence was built in 1835 and once owned by Gilded Age tycoon Jay Gould.  The current owner is the artist and sculptor Leah Poller, and the Lupo family office, which bought the building — now carved into five floor-through rental units with multiple outdoor spaces — in 2005 for $2.35 million.

There’s also a medical office suite on the garden level and a cellar.The seven-bedroom, seven-bathroom property is 8,049 square feet — also delivering more than 2,000 square feet of private outdoor space.Details include an original curved staircase and 13-foot-high ceilings.

There are also arches, columns, cornices, floor-to-ceiling windows, skylights and decorative fireplaces — along with a 1,250-square-foot rooftop space. Most of all, the building can be restored to single-family residence status, as all units inside can be delivered vacant....