Take a Look Inside Taylor Swift's Old Cornelia Street Apartment
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Taylor Swift fans are flocking to Cornelia Street after her reported breakup from Joe Alwyn. Here's a look inside her old apartment.
- Following reports that Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn have split, fans are stopping by her old apartment.
- Her song "Cornelia Street" references the townhouse and the early days of their relationship.
- The home has its own indoor pool and multiple private terraces overlooking the Village.
Taylor Swift may never walk Cornelia Street again, but that's not stopping fans from visiting her old apartment after reports that she and Joe Alywn have called it quits.
"Cornelia Street," the ninth song off Taylor Swift's seventh studio album, "Lover," alludes to an apartment the star once lived in in New York City's West Village, as well as the early days of her relationship with whom many believe to be actor Joe Alwyn.
"'I rent a place on Cornelia Street,' I say casually in the car," Swift sings in the first verse, and it's pretty literal. The pop superstar did rent 23 Cornelia Street for a few months between 2016 and 2017, according to People.
In "Cornelia Street," Swift sings about the early days of a relationship — which many fans believe to be about Joe Alwyn — and being unable to walk the titular street ever again if the romance were to end.
The two dated for six years since "at least fall of 2016," Insider previously reported, but recent reports say the couple may have called it quits.
According to news first reported by Entertainment Tonight and later confirmed by People, the split "was not dramatic."
"The relationship had just run its course. It's why [Alwyn] hasn't been spotted at any shows," the source told ET.
Swift explained the song's meaning during an August 23 appearance on Elvis Duran's radio show, according to People.
"It's about the things that took place and the memories that took place on that street […] all the nostalgia," she said. "Sometimes we bond our memories to the places that they happen. I wrote it alone and it ended up being one of my favorite songs."
Despite the fact that Swift hasn't lived in the apartment for quite some time, some Taylor Swift fans have filmed TikTok videos of themselves visiting the apartment and leaving flowers in what appears to be a makeshift "memorial" to Swift and Alwyn's relationship.
Keep reading for a closer look at Swift's iconic Cornelia Street apartment.
The 23 Cornelia Street townhouse is located in the West Village area of Manhattan in New York City.
The apartment is located in one of the most desirable and expensive parts of the city, about 15 minutes away from Midtown by subway and just a quarter-mile west of Washington Square Park.
The apartment was recently rented for $50,000 a month.
Curbed previously reported that Swift rented the three-story property for about $39,500 a month while one of her three Tribeca apartments was undergoing renovations. About one year later, it was sold for $11.5 million.
Though it's advertised as a three-story property, the home also features a basement with an indoor pool and a gym, plus a spacious rooftop terrace. The home became available for rent in January 2023, at which point it was priced at $45,000 per month. As of April 2023, the home is being rented for $50,000 per month.
While Swift might "say casually" that she "rents a place on Cornelia Street," the home is anything but understated.
Built in 1870 as a carriage house, the home was later transformed into a luxurious 5,500-square-foot, single-family home with a drive-in garage perfect for celebrities looking to enter and exit while avoiding the prying eyes of the paparazzi.
"Drive right in, open a side door, and walk right into the guest suite on the first floor," the listing reads.
The massive former carriage house has four bedrooms.
According to People, most of the windows in the property face the backyard, allowing Swift privacy when she lived in the apartment.
The home also features five luxurious bathrooms and an additional two half-baths.
The primary bathroom features a marble bath with a glass-enclosed shower and skylight.
The extravagant home is fitted with double-height ceilings and three gas fireplaces.
The second-floor living room also features a wood-burning fireplace with a marble hearth perfect for the chilly New York autumn days that Swift reportedly spent in the apartment.
Per the property's listing, the renovated kitchen features a Wolf range stove, a Sub-Zero fridge, a wine fridge, a double-drawer dishwasher, and granite countertops.
The kitchen was recently renovated to feature an open-concept flow into the dining room, which overlooks the West Village.
Large windows, including those in the dining room, look out onto prime Village views.
The home also features hardwood floors throughout.
There's also an indoor pool, which measures 30 feet by 15 feet and is surrounded by a Basalt stone tile floor.
The pool is 5.5 feet deep. Behind the indoor pool, you'll find a lounge area with another fireplace and an outdoor patio. Also located on the bottom floor is a gallery space, gym, and garden.
The terrace off the primary bedroom has an outdoor lounge with a gas fireplace.
It's easy to see why the dreamy property would have inspired one of Swift's love ballads.
The rooftop terrace, where Swift sings she "sat on the roof," features sweeping views of Manhattan's West Village.
The nearly 700-square-foot wrap-around terrace also has a barbecue and multiple seating areas.
Swift's former landlord, who sold the home for $11.5 million in early 2019 after owning it for 15 years, apparently had no idea who the songstress was when her people reached out about renting his property.
According to People, at the time Swift was renting it, 23 Cornelia Street was owned by David Aldea, a former executive at Soho House, a hotel chain and group of private members' clubs.
"I'm just not a pop-culture guy, and I even said to someone, 'I'm meeting a person named Taylor Swift who wants to rent my home,'" Aldea told Vulture in 2019.
"Now, mind you, I knew her songs because I had them on my running playlist. I just didn't match the name to the song. I know, it's silly," he added.
And for the record, Aldea also said Swift was "an absolute delight to deal with" during the rental process and he was "so honored" she wrote a song about his former home.
"I put my heart and soul into building, designing, and decorating this house, and for somebody like Taylor to come along and see what I saw and love what I loved, love what I created, it was a total compliment and I will always be grateful to her for that," he told Vulture. "And when I heard the song came out, I just thought to myself, 'Wow, that is the most incredible sort of thank-you and nod that anyone could ever get.'"
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