Take a Peek at the Very Real House Behind Taylor Swift's "Cornelia Street"
Would you walk Cornelia Street again?
(SPOT.ph) In 2019, Taylor Swift told a partner casually in the car that she rents a place in Cornelia Street. Well, it turns out she didn't just say that for the sake of filling in lyrics to the fan-favorite song "Cornelia Street" is today.
Swift had actually rented a large townhouse in 23 Cornelia Street in the West Village neighborhood of New York City, which would inspire "Cornelia Street," the ninth track of Lover. This was around the time her Tribeca penthouse in Lower Manhattan was being renovated in 2016.
Funnily enough, the homeowner had no idea who Swift was when her management team came to him hoping to rent the place for the superstar.
Now the Cornelia Street townhouse is up for rent at U.S. $50,000 or roughly P2.8 million a month. It isn't the just celebrity status of this townhouse to blame for the whopping monthly rent. Why it's priced so high starts to make sense when you take a look at what’s inside. The three-story property boasts four bedrooms, five bathrooms, three fireplaces, a pool, and an exterior patio.
“Built in 1870 as a carriage house and transformed into a spectacular home with a modernist flair with a celebrity tested, drive-right-in garage and pool, nestled in the heart of the West Village,” Corcoran said in the property listing.
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Take a look at Taylor Swift's former townhouse in Cornelia Street
"Cornelia Street" is highly famous for the line that says she would never walk the titular street again if the romance were to end. It’s believed to chronicle Swift’s early relationship with now ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn.
It's become somewhat of a tourist destination for fans. When Swift and Alwyn broke up in April, several fans visited her former place on Cornelia Street to “mourn” the relationship, some even going as far as leaving flowers on the doorstep.
On Instagram, the location tag “Cornelia Street aka Taylor Swift Ave” has over 1,000 posts.
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