Andy Cohen and Danny Strong Trade West Village Addresses

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The New York Post reports that Andy Cohen sold his color-drenched West Village duplex, with its oddly shiny bathrooms, to Danny Strong, the Buffy and Gilmore Girls actor who became a screenwriter (Recount) and hitmaker (Empire) and is about to open a show on Broadway (Chess). The twist is here that Strong is selling off his old apartment in a building where Cohen had moved into a penthouse upstairs. Yes, Cohen and Strong are switching buildings.

The Post called the switch a “small-city scenario.” But it’s not entirely coincidental. The two baby-faced Hollywood fathers share a preference for prewar doorman buildings with designer bona fides, and there aren’t too many of those to choose from in the West Village. (They also share a preference for the West Village.) Cohen’s old building (and Strong’s new home) is in a 1931 Bing & Bing on Horatio Street. And Strong’s old spot (now Cohen’s) is a 1930 Emery Roth on West 12th. The pair also share a taste for combining units: Strong pulled together two apartments for his two-bedroom, and Cohen spent 21 years cobbling his duplex together from four units, then renovating with color, splash and custom cabinetry. (Also, celebrities trade real estate all the time.)

Strong called Cohen’s duplex a “dream home,” according to the Post. But Cohen moved out because he found a flaw: no outdoor space. The new penthouse came with 2,000 square feet of roof. “I had to take it,” he told the New York Times.