Mae West’s Celebrity Upper West Side Mansion

Want to live in the mansion Mae West once graced? Her former Upper West Side residence at 266 West End Avenue is listed at $30 million, pending the complete restoration currently in progress.The building is 28 feet wide with 14,000 square feet of space. It was built in 1896 seemingly out of limestone and pure elegance.

The five floors plus a garden and roof deck, will eventually boast a ball room, library, conservatories, sauna, steam room, elevator and radiant heating. Add to that the touches like a carved oak staircase, solid bronze windows, carved fireplace mantles, tiger oak floors, mosaics, and… you get the idea. It’s amazing.

Current owner Todd Wider, a documentary filmmaker and plastic surgeon, seems to be combining his two passions in bringing this mansion back to beauty. And he knows how to work a deal: he bought the house in 2004 for $1.2 million- from one Jedd Wider, attorney for the seller’s estate.

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