Childhood home of Beastie Boy Mike D lists for $19.5M
nypost.comHester Diamond — the mother of rapper Michael Diamond, otherwise known as Beastie Boys co-founder Mike D — has listed for $19.5 million, according to a StreetEasy listing update and a report in the New York Times.
The residence has no fewer than 6,300 square feet of living space and more than 800 square feet of terrace space.The late Diamond, who died in 2020 at age 91, lived there for more than 50 years.
Diamond and her first husband, Harold Diamond — who died in 1982 at age 56 — moved into the Eldorado in the mid-1960s as renters.
When the two-towered complex became a co-op in 1982, the couple purchased the duplex and an adjoining 19th-floor apartment. David Diamond, the eldest son of Hester, told the Times his parents purchased both apartments for some $1.2 million — roughly $3.65 million in today’s figures.
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