Joan Rivers passed away on Thursday afternoon, and while the Fashion Police host was known for her sassy tongue and hilarious red carpet commentary, she was also the president of the homeowner's board for her New York City building.
And this isn't just any building -- the Upper East Side property was built in 1910 for John R. Drexel and wife Alice Troth Drexel, and in 1930 it was converted into luxury apartments, one of which was occupied by Ernest Hemingway for a number of years.
And after taking a tour of the late comedian's penthouse, which was listed for a whopping $29.5 million in 2012, it's easy to see why she wanted to be in charge of the HOA! In an interview with the NY Times a few years before her death, Joan said of her role, "I'm very much an A personality. I got involved just because I wanted things done right ... I care about the building. And I think that's why they just keep letting me be president of the board."
In August 2009, the home was put on the market for $25 million, and around that time former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi offered to rent it for $200,000 a week during the United Nations General Assembly. "I thought it was great," she joked at the time. "I said I would give half the rent to Lockerbie [and the other half] to have an exterminator come and clean the apartment when he was done.”
Rivers’ apartment boasts Central Park views with floor-to-ceiling windows, and though some websites are reporting that the square footage is upwards of 24,000, a number of other outlets put it at 5,190 square feet (including Curbed and Dirt), which makes a bit more sense as it has just 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths. On the design of her triplex, Joan joked with the Times that it is "Louis XIV meets Fred and Ginger."
Joan's daughter Melissa resides on the West Coast, so it's unlikely that she'll hang on to the property. Joan reportedly owns another estate in Connecticut, which she bought for $1.4 million in 2000.
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