Mica Ertegun’s Townhouse on East 81st Is for Sale

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( TUESDAY, APRIL 23 who’s selling [Mica Ertegun’s Townhouse on East 81st Is for Sale]( The interior designer and original kilim influencer’s Manhattan home was her greatest calling card. Photo: Leslie J Garfield & Co Inc. For decades, Mica Ertegun was the doyenne of interior design, decorating the homes of financial titans like Sandy Weill and rock stars like Keith Richards. Her firm, MAC II, which she started alongside Chessy Rayner in 1967, became known for its elegant, restrained style. But it was her own home on the Upper East Side, a pair of conjoined townhouses where she lived with her second husband, the music mogul Ahmet Ertegun, that was perhaps her most famous calling card. (The couple owned multiple homes: in Southampton; Paris; and Bodrum, Turkey.) Ertegun died in December, at age 97, and now her townhouse at 121 E. 81st Street has [hit the market,]( asking $12.995 million and listed with Leslie J. Garfield’s Lydia Rosengarten and Douglas Elliman’s Lauren Muss. [Continue reading »]( [Anniversary Sale: Celebrate with $20 off unlimited access, plus get a free anniversary tote.]( [Anniversary Sale: Celebrate with $20 off unlimited access, plus get a free anniversary tote.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [A Burlesque Family at Home Showbiz couple Angie Pontani and Brian Newman’s high-spirited Marine Park house.]( By Wendy Goodman [A Greenpoint Condo With a Private Outdoor Pool There’s more outdoor space than indoor space.]( By Adriane Quinlan [The City’s Boat-Breakers Get to Work A new Parks Department unit has hundreds of abandoned vessels to crush.]( By Clio Chang photographs by Dina Litovsky [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved