For the first time in more than 50 years, the New York City loft of John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono is available for purchase.
The two-story loft-style building at 496 Broome St. was purchased by the couple in 1971, not long after The Beatles broke up and Lennon wrote one of the most significant songs of the 20th century, “Imagine.”
At the time, Lennon was eager to break out from The Beatles and build a career for himself as a solo artist while creating a new identity with Ono — an artist and peace activist – by his side.
While the couple only resided there until 1973, the building has regularly been utilized as an office throughout the years.
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The building on Broome Street was sort of like a base for their artistic ventures,” Philip Norman, the author of “John Lennon: The Life,” said via the News. At the time, the couple was also renting an apartment at 105 Bank St. in the West Village. “Bank Street was their salon, where people could just walk in,” said Norman.
Located in Manhattan’s SoHo area, the Broome Street loft has a gallery-like ground-floor space with 14.4-foot. ceilings, an open kitchen with a bedroom loft in the rear.
