“This is how Marie Antoinette would have lived if she had money.” These were the words the late Joan Rivers used to describe her palatial Upper East Side penthouse. The apartment at 1 E. 62nd St., where Rivers also served as condo board president was offered for sale in 2009 for $25 million and again in 2012 for $29 million. But it went off the market in June 2013. Rivers herself called the property a “Louis XIV meets Fred and Ginger”.
The triplex penthouse spans an area of 5,190 square feet and has three bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms, five fireplaces and multiple entertaining areas. The penthouse contains a 23-foot-high ceilings, hardwood flooring and large glass windows and wide doorways. There was a paneled library, a formal dining room, a corner office and terraces that provided beautiful views of the city and Central Park.
The comedienne, who died twp weeks ago at the age of 81, once explained why she became president: “I care about the building. And I think that’s why they just keep letting me be president of the board.” Also, “no one wants the job.” That was the only place she never joked around.
