Manhattan townhouses that belonged to John Steinbeck list for $18M
If you can pay the price for these Manhattan properties, which have ties to one of the nation’s greatest authors, you can call yourself the Beast of Eden.
A pair of Manhattan townhouses where John Steinbeck once lived are up for sale for a combined $18 million.
Located on East 78th Street, the residences are also available to purchase separately, at $8.95 million apiece.
Steinbeck, who won a Nobel Prize in literature in 1962 — six years before his death — lived in one of the townhomes while renting out the other.
Known for his work in “Of Mice and Men,” “The Grapes...