Calling all movie buffs: Now is your chance to own a piece of film history. On the market in San Francisco is an apartment featured in a film considered by many to be the best of all time. Designed by architect Albert Pissis in 1911, the apartment building where the unit is found would serve as one of the many Bay Area backdrops featured in Alfred Hitchcock’s acclaimed thriller Vertigo.
The location in question was originally a popular neighborhood eatery known as “Ernie’s Restaurant”, which would feature prominently in the 1957 masterpiece. As the legend goes, Hitchcock was a regular at the family-style Italian joint and tabbed it for four scenes. However, because it was difficult to film the necessary panoramic shots inside the restaurant, Hitchcock had a replica of Ernie’s interior built in Hollywood, and even went as far as flying the owners, Roland and Victor, to Los Angeles to have them act as the maître d’ and bartender in the film.
Completely renovated in 2007, the apartment with cinematic pedigree is petite, but classy, and lists for $695,000. Lined in hardwood, the one-bedroom offers just 835 square feet, but boasts luxuries ranging from a kitchen by Studio Becker to a spa bathroom with Geological porcelain to fixtures by Philippe Starke.
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