Jazz Legend David Sanborn Sells Uptown Manhattan Mansion for $11 Million
David Sanborn has grown tired of the New York City droll. And to alleviate his contentions, he put his brownstone mansion at 135 W 69 Street on the market and made a whopping $11 million--just $1 million off the asking.
Initially, Sanborn purchased the home at $1.45 million in 1989, to which the next year the neighborhood the house stands in was granted landmark status (effectively hiking up prices in the area).
Mr. Sanson, a six-time-Grammy-winning jazz musician, renovated the house to accommodate himself in a most humble abode. The old lacquer and wood fireplaces echo the original décor from 1900, when the house was built.
Nineteen feet wide with five bedrooms, a terrace in the master bedroom and a quiet private garden give the home a sentimental charm that most any New Yorker would love to have if they had the dime.
There's even a recording studio atop, and it was in Sanborn's hopes that he would pass on the tradition of his musical home to someone in the same field. It may not be possible, though, as the buyers don't appear to musicians.
Regardless, congratulations, Mr. Sanborn. The jazz that reverberated from your home and horn will be greatly missed in the New York area.
And for our enjoyment, here's Sanborn and Company