The owner of the West Village apartment used as an exterior for Carrie Bradshaw’s fictional New York apartment on Sex and the City is taking a stand against the show’s fans.
According to Gothamistthe owner is asking the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission for permission to install a steel and cast-iron fence at the bottom of the brownstone’s stairs to keep pesky tourists away.
Any changes to the building must be approved by local government due to its location in Greenwich Village’s Historic District.
“My home is now a global tourist destination,” the owner wrote in the filing.
“They climb over the chain, pose, dance or lie down on the stairs, climb to the top to stare through the drawing room windows, try to open the main door or, if drunk late at night, ring the doorbell,” says the spokesperson. statement continued.
‘We also had graffiti painted on the steps and initials engraved in the frame of the main door.’
After “20 years of hoping that the fascination with my sidewalk would die away and fans would find a new object for their devotion,” the owner emphasized that now was the time for a more solid barrier.
She’s already posted a “no trespassing” sign on the property, but that’s not enough to deter fans of the HBO series.
The owner of the West Village apartment used as an exterior for Carrie Bradshaw’s fictional New York apartment on Sex and the City is taking a stand against the show’s fans
The owner is asking the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission for permission to install a steel and cast-iron fence at the bottom of the brownstone’s stairs to keep pesky tourists away
A frustrated neighbor previously told The Mail on Sunday that at least 50 people come up the stairs every hour in winter – a figure that quadruples during holidays and summer.
The house was purchased in 1996, two years before the first episode of Sex And The City aired.
In 2020, the three-story mansion was estimated to be worth more than $9 million.
Sarah Jessica Parker, who played Bradshaw on the show, infuriated the owners in 2014 when she used the steps for a photo shoot to promote her Nordstrom shoe line.
“The owners are in disarray as they deal with ruthless tourists, and SJP has ignored their requests for an explanation on how to approve the recording even though ‘no trespassing’ signs have been posted,” a source told the New York Mail. the time.
Since the show hit the screens in 1998, the show consisted of 94 episodes spread over six seasons until 2004.
It then returned for two films in 2008 and 2010, and made a comeback with the reboot series And Just Like That… in 2021.