And Just Like That, Carrie Bradshaw’s Front Stoop Was Closed
A West Village homeowner was granted permission to build a gate on her house in an effort to stop overeager ‘Sex and the City’ fans from trespassing.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday approved an application by a Manhattan homeowner to build a gate at the front of what she called her “celebrity staircase.”
The staircase sits in front of 66 Perry Street, a brownstone in the West Village that was built in 1866 but gained its celebrity status more than a century later, when it became the exterior setting for Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment on the HBO show “Sex and the City.”
Barbara Lorber became emotional as she explained to the panel of commissioners the need to erect a gate that would protect her building and its tenants from a constant stream of fans who come to hang out on the steps and take photos.
“That house shouldn’t be gated,” she said, “but what was beautiful in the late 19th century is unfortunately in need of more protection in our century, in our time,” she said. “I’d hoped for literally decades that this would pass, but at this point I think even someone as stubborn as I am has to admit that this isn’t going away in the near future.”
