Tour Through Billy Joel's Old Manhattan Apartment Up For sale

The popularity of the images that we published in the apartment in 7Online inevitably led to this walking tour - through the place .
Related ContentMore: Twitter: @ SandyKenyon7More : Sandy Kenyon on Facebookblog: On The Red CarpetAlthough "The Piano Man" wrote his first success in Los Angeles, Billy Joel grew homesick for New York and in late 1970 the "Goodbye to Hollywood " and offer back in town - where he found inspiration on East 57th Street."I could imagine sitting here in this room only to compose songs on the piano ," said Elayne Raymer, the realtor who sold the apartment. " He deserves it. "
Joel 's house was 44 stories in the sky - high enough for easy viewing of The Bronx - his birthplace - and almost high enough to see Long Island - where he grew up .
"It's an absolutely panoramic vision," Raymer said. "When he wrote his songs during the years he was here , he was writing about the sights, but I was writing about being in heaven, being in heaven , overlooking the bridges. "
"I guess he must have empowered a lot," he added.
Raymer is selling two-bedroom apartment for just under $ 1.5 million.
The apartment has a slightly different look , since the seller bought it from Joel and remodeled .
Joel eventually moved to grander space years ago after meeting a ' Uptown Girl " , but the views remain the same and it is easy to be inspired as it once was .
As expected , and very properly , it expects Raymer own the establishment of a new piano in the living room is considered.