Little Steven Van Zandt is selling his $15 million Manhattan penthouse, and the décor is exactly what you'd expect from one of rock's most gloriously over-the-top personalities.
The E Street Band guitarist and Sopranos actor is listing his three-bedroom, three-bath duplex in a converted 19th-century church in Greenwich Village. The asking price is $15 million—roughly $4,200 per square foot. He purchased it in 2008 for $6 million, a year after The Sopranos ended.
The interior design is pure Little Steven maximalism. Tiger print clashes with rainbow print throughout. Head shop throw blankets drape across furniture. Psychedelic stained glass windows catch the light. The raw 20-foot-ceiling space could have been a minimalist retreat, but instead it resembles the VIP area of a Hard Rock Café merged with a rock-and-roll fever dream.
A French movie poster for La Dolce Vita hangs somewhere in the space—an unexpected touch in a rock legend's NYC penthouse.
The duplex features 20-foot ceilings, ornate stained glass details, and an elevated patio. Van Zandt furnished it in the most theatrical way possible.
Rolling Stone captured the listing perfectly: it's a look only Little Steven can make work. For the rest of us, probably not. But that is exactly why it commands attention.
