Joan's Residency
Joan and husband, Alfred Steele, began construction on this apartment in 1956, with it being completed in 1957. Consuming two apartments in the building, Joan and Steele removed several walls making fourteen rooms into seven large rooms on the 12th and 13th floors of the apartment building.
Joan hired her long-time friend, former actor William Haines, to decorate the apartment. (Source: "My Way of Life")
Joan sold this apartment in June 1968, and fully moved from it in lateOctober 1968 into apartment 22G in Imperial House.
Property History
The apartment building at 2 East 70th street was built in 1928, and designed by architect, Rosario Candela.
THE CONCLUDING CHAPTER OF CRAWFORD
Copyright Notice
All original sources of the herein provided research material has been preserved by the webmaster.
Any desire for usage of the herein material in any literary publication, website or media distribution can be directed to the
webmaster at the following email address: BryanJohnson@TheConcludingChapterofCrawford.com
Interior photos of the "Fifth Avenue" apartment.
These photos were taken in 1967, and were later featured in Joan's autobiography "My Way of life" in 1971.
Contemporary photo of the exterior of the apartment building.
Joan's apartment was located on the top two floors.
Sales material for the apartment building circa 1930s
2 East 70th Street
New York, New York
(The "Fifth Avenue" Apartment)