There’s a chance Taylor Swift won’t ever walk Cornelia Street. During the renovations of her $50 million TriBeCa apartment in 2016, the pop star rented her dreamy Manhattan pad, a 5,500-square-foot West Village carriage house at 23 Cornelia Street, for a few months. The asking price is a mouthwatering $17.9 million.

Swift wrote the wildly successful song “Cornelia Street,” which has been perceived for a while as a love ballad for her then-beau Joe Alwyn, using inspiration from the townhouse, which she rented for $38,000 per month in 2016 and 2017. Executive David Aldea of Soho House owned it at the time, but according to city records, he sold it to an Italian investor in 2019 for $11.5 million. It was converted into a showroom for the Italian furniture manufacturer Zanotta and put up for rent last fall, with a $45,000 monthly offer (which is still on the table in addition to a purchase offer).

The property features four bedrooms, five bathrooms, two powder rooms, an eat-in kitchen, numerous terraces, including a rooftop deck, and was constructed in 1870 to store horse-drawn vehicles. In addition, there’s a garage and an indoor lap pool, which are uncommon in New York City. The second story features a wood-burning fireplace, leaded glass windows, blond parquet Russian Ipe wood floors, and vaulted ceilings. The listing is held by Jennifer Rahilly, Irene Lo, and Laurence Carty of the Corcoran Group.

Swift, who is currently on her Eras Tour and will be traveling the country until the end of the summer, must have made a lasting impression on Cornelia Street because, according to the Wall Street Journal, she still has a real estate portfolio worth more than $150 million, which includes properties in TriBeCa, Beverly Hills,

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