Peter and Elizabeth’s House from “White Collar”

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The Grim Cheaper and I have yet to watch the final season of White Collar, despite the fact that it aired almost a full two years ago.  We became hooked on the USA series back in 2011 after I attended a screening/Q&A with the cast – so hooked that we were devastated when its cancellation was announced and could never bring ourselves to watch the final six episodes.  Saying goodbye to loveable con man Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) and equally loveable FBI agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) would just be too sad.  We were absolutely floored, though, when, while walking to the subway after stalking Jules’ house from The Intern, we happened to find ourselves standing in front of one of White Collar’s most famous locales!  As fate would have it, the clapboard residence where Peter lives with his wife, Elizabeth (Tiffani Thiessen), and their dog, Satchmo, on the series is right around the corner from Jules’ pad.  While both dwellings were included on my NYC To-Stalk List, because I am so very bad with direction, I had no idea they were located in such close proximity to each other.

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Peter and Elizabeth’s relationship is #goals – and my favorite aspect of White Collar.  Their charming townhouse runs a close second, though.

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Said to be located at 4232 DeKalb Avenue on the series, the home can actually be found at 106 Cambridge Place in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn.

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Built in the 1860s, the 20-foot-wide, wood-frame triplex boasts five bedrooms, two and a half baths, original moldings, parquet flooring, custom built-ins, a one-bedroom ground floor apartment, a large back garden, and a whopping eight fireplaces – three of them wood-burning!  I’d be ecstatic just to have one!  You can check out some photographs of home’s gorgeous interior here.

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In 2015, the pad was put up for sale for $2.89 million, but does not appear to have sold.  It hit the market once again shortly thereafter in early 2016 as a rental priced at $7,500 a month and does appear to have had a taker.

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The exterior of Peter and Elizabeth’s residence popped up regularly on White Collar.

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I find it ironic that, though stated to be at 4232 DeKalb Avenue, the actual address number of 106 was clearly visible in all of the establishing shots.

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The real life interior was also utilized in the pilot, as you can see in the screen captures and photographs (via Corcoran) below.  The areas that appeared in the episode include the master bedroom;

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dining room;

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and living room.

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Once White Collar got picked up, a set semi-based on that interior was built at Silvercup Studios East, where the series was lensed, for all subsequent filming.

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I am absolutely in love with the décor of both the actual house and the set.

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Is kitchen envy a thing?  If so, I have it.

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Though the real estate listing states that Peter and Elizabeth’s house has been used in numerous other productions, unfortunately I was unable to dig up any specifics.

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Until next time, Happy Stalking!  Smile

Stalk It: Peter and Elizabeth Burke’s house from White Collar is located at 106 Cambridge Place in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhoodJules’ house from The Intern is located right around the corner at 383 Grand Avenue.

A Q & A with the Cast of “White Collar”

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Last Monday evening, my good friend Mikey, of the Mike the Fanboy website, invited me, along with fellow stalkers Pinky, of the Thinking Pink blog, Duggan, and CB, to a SAG screening/cast Q & A of the USA Network television show White Collar featuring co-executive producer Mark Goffman and series’ stars Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, and Willie Garson.  Well, as you can imagine, as soon as I heard that Willie Garson – who is best known for playing Carrie Bradshaw’s (aka Sarah Jessica Parker’s) BBF Stanford Blatch on fave show Sex and the City – was going to be there, I just about died of excitement and told Mikey to “count me in!”  My good friend Steffi, who lives in Switzerland, is just about as obsessed with SATC as I am, if not more so, so before leaving for the screening I printed up a still of Willie Garson and Sarah Jessica Parker with the hopes that I could get Willie to sign it.   I was so intent on getting that photograph signed for her that I was even willing to forgo getting a photograph with WG myself if worse came to worse.

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CB and I were the first to show up to the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood where the screening was being held and just a few minutes after we got there, who should walk up but Willie!  The two of us immediately ran up to him and after CB had him sign a White Collar poster, I gave him the picture I had made for Steffi.  I had put a post-it note on it reading “For Steffi” (a little trick that I learned from my good friend and fellow stalker Anushika which greatly increases the odds of getting a personalized autograph at these types of events), and Willie immediately signed it, writing “For Steffi – All the Best!  Willie Garson”.  I was SOOOOOO incredibly excited over getting that autograph that my hands were literally shaking for about ten minutes afterward!  I may love stalking more than just about anything else in life, but obtaining really special gifts for my loved ones ranks a very close second.  Smile

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Willie could NOT have been nicer and even though there were quite a few of us who wanted his autograph and/or picture, he was happy to pose with and sign for everyone who asked.  YAY!  What a complete and total sweetheart!

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The event got started right on time with a viewing of the Season 3 episode of White Collar titled “Where There’s a Will”.  Prior to that time I had never before seen the show and I have to say that I immediately fell in love with it!  The Catch Me If You Can-esque series centers around FBI agent Peter Burke (aka Tim DeKay) and his partner Neal Caffrey (aka Matt Bomer), a former con-man/art thief who has been given a reduced prison sentence in exchange for helping the FBI catch white collar criminals.  The series is one part caper mystery, one part crime drama, and one part comedy, and reminds me quite a bit, in tone at least, of The Mentalist.  The Q & A session got started immediately following the screening and the entire cast was absolutely hilarious!  At several times during the evening they all broke out into song.  Not kidding!  LOVE IT!  I could SO see myself hanging out with these guys!  Smile Of the many anecdotes told that night, my favorite was that people on the island of Manhattan, where the series is lensed, apparently get VERY testy when the filming of the show gets in the way of their daily life.  Matt Bomer said that he wishes the crew would put together a compilation video of the expletives that are yelled at them by angry New Yorkers on a daily basis.  He explained that a typical day involves the filming of a scene in front of an apartment building whereupon one of the building’s residents will invariably arrive home and want to get inside.  A crew member will ask them to wait until the current take is complete (which is usually only about 45 seconds to a minute), but without fail the resident will walk right through the scene, screaming, “I’m not going to &*$^#** wait for *#&$*& anything!”  Ah, you gotta love New Yorkers!

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SAG had once again set up a cocktail party immediately following the Q & A session and Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay were nice enough to attend.  The actors were ABSOLUTELY bombarded by people wanting pictures and autographs, which shocked me because, as I have explained before, most actors consider themselves above the whole fandom thing.  This particular crowd was made up of mostly teenage girls, though, (I am fairly certain that White Collar has a very large teenage girl fan base thanks to cutie Matt Bomer) and they all wanted to meet the stars.  Matt and Tim were SO incredibly nice, despite the hysteria surrounding them, and stuck around for HOURS taking pictures with and signing autographs for absolutely everyone who asked.  Thankfully fellow stalker Duggan, who is not only a complete sweetheart, but is built like a linebacker, got us right up to the front of the crowd and snapped the above photograph of me and Matt.  So cute!!!

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Because of a major camera fail on my part, poor Tim DeKay ended up having to pose for THREE different pictures with fellow stalker Mikey, but he was TOTALLY cool about it!!!  What an amazingly nice cast!!!!  As soon as I left the event, I got on the phone with the Grim Cheaper and told him that we HAD to buy Seasons 1 and 2 of White Collar on DVD, which we did that very weekend.  We are now about half-way through Season 1 and are absolutely hooked.  SUCH A GREAT SHOW!  If you have yet to see it, I highly recommend doing so!

Big THANK YOU to Mikey, from the Mike the Fanboy website, for telling me about this event!  Smile You can check out Mikey’s write-up of the evening, as well as some videos he took of the Q & A session, on his website here.

Until next time, Happy Stalking!  Smile

Stalk It: There is no stalking location for this one, but you can catch White Collar each Tuesday night at 9/8 Central on the USA Network.  You can also visit the show’s official website here.