It took 5 years to sell the Mary Tyler Moore house

It’s in a very expensive neighborhood. I imagine buyers were a little skittish as upkeep on the exterior of a home like that in Minneapolis’ climate is never ending. I don’t know what the interior is like, but I’d imagine it was likely in need of significant updating. Additionally - and this is further speculation because I can’t really say I fully understand the mind set of buyers in that price range - but it could also be that Minneapolis’ recent abolishment of single family zoning made potential buyers nervous about potentially having to live next to a bunch of poors at some time in the future. So potential buyers likely just decided to buy in the suburbs. I’m guessing most of the residents of this area were up in arms about the zoning decision, and this sale is confirmation in their minds that the sky has, in fact, fallen.

thanks for the info r1

the inside actually looks pretty good

the woodwork is lovely

(the beanbag chair must be a tribute to Rhoda)

They're going to sell it after all. Meow!

Forever Mary.

Mary Richards 119 N. Weatherly Ave., Unit D Minneapolis, Minnesota 55405-2326

The actual address of the real house in Minneapolis is: 2104 Kenwood Parkway

Damn, the owners lost a shitload!

They paid about $3 million for it in 2007.

r4 how did you know she was in unit D?

I thought I knew the show by heart. I've never heard her mention it or seen a D on the door (or have I missed it all these viewings later!)

Property sold back in 2005 for bit over $1.1 million USD. After trying to sell for nearly three then down to bit above two million property finally sold in 2017 for $1,450,000.

Just in case anyone didn't catch, OP link was to a 2018 listing for property. Thus sale price had zero to do with recent zoning changes or whatever else mentioned.

Quite simply sellers wanted too much for the property and that's why it didn't move. When they dropped the price, place sold. Not that uncommon or otherwise earth shattering news.

Furthermore while yes, the house and property is lovely, there are only finite number of people who want to live in these grand old Victorian barns. They can be and usually are a money pit with something that always needs doing. Even if that isn't case heating often can be dear, and Minneapolis isn't Miami Beach in winter.

Icing on cake is living in such a famous property is often like living in a gold fish bowl. People constantly stopping in front of your house wanting to take pictures, etc.. Then come the never ending line of people knocking on your door or otherwise reaching out because they want to see inside or whatever.

R6. See the link:

R6. You can see the "D" on the door:

R6. Whenever Mary said her address on the show, she always just said, "119 North Weatherly." She never or rarely said "119 N. Weatherly Avenue." And she never said "Apartment D." But there it is in R10.

I am also an 'MTM' connoisseur.

Mary also never would have said the word "Unit" in the '70s. People didn't use the word 'unit' to refer to where they lived. "Unit" is more of a condominium term. Mary lived in an apartment, which she mentioned many times throughout the run of the show.

@r8, They should turn it into a MTM museum and charge people to trespass and take pictures. I believe her life was just interesting enough to warrant such a tribute

R13. Great idea! And have a hologram of Phyllis popping in to "Hi-Hi."

Another pic of the letter D on the door.

I miss those wacky '70s sheets. Some company needs to bring them back!

MARY!!!

How long before it becomes a Somali cultural center?

Was the D there in later seasons? The two pictures posted are both from season 1. I can't believe I didn't notice it before.

An MTM museum would have been cool. Recreate the rooms like Oprah did on her show.

Oprah and Rosie should have bought it and made it a landmark. I'd have applied to run the gift shop!

What are we, OP, chopped liver?

Thx R7 you’re right, I just assumed this was a recent article and did not read it. If you’re also R8, those likely are important points as well. The mention of cost to heat (and cool, Minneapolis experiences 100+ degree temperature swings in a calendar year) are probably pretty high, but they’ll be high in any house that size. The biggest contributor to the 5 year period is likely stubborn, unmotivated sellers.

Is Chuckles buried in the backyard?

No, r22. He never lived there.

Now Lars Lindstrom is a possibility.

Is there a stain on the mattress from when Bess lost her virginity?

Or when Mary did?

I never understood why a rich dermatologist like Lars with a status conscious wife like Phyllis rented instead of owned. They did go out of their way to always say Phyllis had the best apartment in the building and the few times they showed it it is much bigger and elegant than Mary's but still. (and they were the managers because it saved on the rent.

(maybe it was the recession, Phyllis does say that dermatologists are the first to be hit in a recession. If people need brain surgery no matter how trivial they find the money. If the have a rash they just scratch until times get better.)

r25, when Lars died (right before the 1st episode of "Phyllis") we learned he had bankrupted his estate, which is why Phyllis and Bess had to move to San Francisco to live with Lars's mother Audrey and her second husband, Jonathan.

Phyllis probably had some inkling of this when he insisted that they rent out the rooms they were not using in that big house (which must have cost a fortune to maintain), but dismissed it because she always lived in such a fantasy world.

Phyllis and Lars didn't own the building. She refers to the owner sometimes.

The move to San Fran was just to get them out of the old show. The mother's husband was rich. He could have paid Phyllis' rent until she got a job.

Mary's rent was like 137.50 I think and Rhoda's like $87. Phyllis would have just been a bit higher.

That enclosed porch would do it for me. Me and my kitties could loll around lazy all day out there.