Strong, center, in the Buffy role that got him a cult following.
Photo: 20th Century Fox/Everett Collection
The actor Danny Strong has had a string of roles on Zeitgeist-y TV shows (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mad Men, and Girls); wrote two Hunger Games blockbusters, a political thriller (Recount), and a Lee Daniels drama (The Butler); and created the TV hits Empire and Dopesick. But Strong doesn’t get stalked by paparazzi, and headlines have described him as “good old reliable Daniel Strong.” This may be why Strong didn’t hide his ownership of two West Village condos behind an LLC and why, when he listed the combined spread yesterday, no one made him hide his acting trophies in the listing shots.
299 West 12th Street is a 1930 Emery Roth building developed by Bing & Bing.
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Another theory: The glittering Emmys hardly distract from $6.495 million’s worth of truly great bones. It’s a two-bedroom condo in an old-world Emery Roth building, with a recentish renovation and a location just a few blocks from the Hudson River Greenway on West 12th Street. The 1930, 17-story Art Deco tower was developed by Bing & Bing — who were known for not skimping on space or detail. And this tenth-floor corner unit is particularly nice, with views north and west off the living room (the bedrooms on the south side have windows, but they seem to face a neighboring building). Delicious details include a sunken living room with a coffered ceiling, a fireplace, and built-in bookshelves; a barrel-vaulted ceiling over a hallway to the bedrooms; and a primary bedroom with a wood-burning fireplace and built-ins, too.
Strong seems to have created the apartment by fusing two units together — 10J, which he bought in 2011 for $1.35 million, and 10K, which he bought in 2016 for $2.25 million. The work to combine them into 10JK seems to have been a good opportunity renovate the kitchen with “handmade subway tiles” (very 2016). That renovation may also have included the creation of a walk-in closet off the primary bedroom. But it’s the fancy primary bath, with a huge rain shower and a double commode, that seems to have gotten the most attention (the unit also has more bathrooms — three — than bedrooms). If Strong needed the second sink, in 2016, it’s probably because that was the year he proposed to fellow actor-writer Caitlin Mehner. As for why they’re selling now, the reason might be just as obvious. In the fall, they welcomed a daughter, Maisie, whose crib in a second bedroom means no space for nannies or guests.
A listing photo didn’t crop out the acting trophies on a high upper shelf to the right, which include an NAACP Image Award between two Emmys, as well as two Peabody Awards.
Photo: Sotheby’s International Realty
The listing photo shows a second bedroom with a crib and a rocker very useful to new parents trying to quiet a baby. The couple had a daughter in October, which might also explain the pink palette.
Photo: Sotheby’s International Realty
The listing photos are so unstaged that they included the wardrobe of two jet-setting Hollywood actor-writers.
Photo: Sotheby’s International Realty
