Barbara Walters’ lavish Fifth Avenue apartment of 30 years on the market for $19.75 million
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: The former residence of the late Barbara Walters is now on the market for $19.75 million. Walters, who died in December at age 93, spent her last years alone in this house. The illustrious journalist originally moved to the Upper East Side in 1989 at a white-glove cooperative at 944 Fifth Ave.
The listing was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The flat is identical to how it appeared when Walters lived there and is currently for sale. Her artwork, furnishings, collectibles, sentimental mementos, and antiques remain in the house. The apartment has two bedrooms right now, but it may be changed to have up to four. The home has five bedrooms and five bathrooms and has a view of Central Park.
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The Upper East Side co-op where late TV journalist Barbara Walters lived for about 30 years, until her death at age 93, is hitting the market for $19.75 million https://t.co/l1KFget16P
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 20, 2023
Sought-after location
The living area has three large windows looking onto Fifth Avenue, 10-foot ceilings, and a wood-burning fireplace. According to the listing, the site of the beautiful full-floor apartment is the most sought-after and adored location on the Upper East Side, Fifth Avenue, and 75th Street, as reported by AD.
Posh interiors
Walters' dressing room has a mirrored wall, a dressing table, and a couch area, all covered in stylish-looking red lacquer. A butler's pantry is in the eat-in kitchen, and a laundry room is nearby. The ad for Walters' flat says, "It also comes with the provenance of a beloved and revered owner who loved the apartment and frequently made history there." Compass' Alexa Lambert holds the listing.
In her 2008 book 'Audition: A Memoir', Walters disclosed that she had frequently entertained in the apartment and received possible interviewees there. One of the visitors she welcomed to her house was Monica Lewinsky, who had dinner with Walters before deciding to agree to an interview regarding the Bill Clinton sex scandal. Before her ill health, sources had claimed that Walters intended to take her getaways to Florida, as reported by New York Post.
Walters received a dementia diagnosis in 2015. She was the first woman to anchor a television news program in the morning and the evening. Walters was once regarded as the nation's highest-paid TV news personality.