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Around the time we first launched Flavorwire we told you about a run-in we had with our Oscar award-winning neighbor Michel Gondry in Williamsburg. We haven’t seen him shooting any music videos around the hood since (perhaps we scared him off), but now 59 Orient Avenue, the house that was once Kate Winslet’s apartment in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind — and eventually became a squatter’s paradise around this time last year — is for sale.
Michel, we know you’ve already got a place down the block, but we think you should buy this one, too. Sure the economy sucks, but that Green Hornet gig has to be paying well, right? Or perhaps Sam Mendes should scoop it up as a surprise for Kate? If he catches the trains right, he could make a rehearsal at BAM in under 45 minutes the next time he’s directing a show.
Click here to take a tour of the inside of this five-bedroom, 19th century house, courtesy of Curbed. In all seriousness, someone please buy this and save it from more developers; it could be a real beauty if someone has the cash to fix ‘er up.
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I love Gondry! His part of Tokyo! was surreal yet humane, just really, truly incredible.
Check out the DVD (just released) and the trailer here: http://bit.ly/TokyoTheMovie
I used to live 2 blocks from this house (I now live five) and I've been in love with it ever since I've laid eyes on it. I was half-excited and half-terrified when the FOR SALE sign came down and plywood walls went up around it, hoping someone would restore it but fearing someone would just tear it down. But beyond putting boards over the windows and doors, nothing much happened. I really do hope someone with the right intentions scoops this up and restores it right. It's a really fantastic-looking property and could be very majestic. As for all the previous posts saying its in some far off corner of Williamsburg — the house is only 4.5 blocks from the Graham L stop, right down the street from Cooper Park.
Wait. . how did you get MY photos to use for "the tour"…