
There is no plaque on the large Greek Revival townhouse at 70 Willow Street in Brooklyn Heights, but writer Truman Capote lived here from 1955 to 1965 while writing In Cold Blood, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Brooklyn Heights: A Personal Memoir. While the house is colloquially known today as the “Truman Capote House”, in reality the writer rented a basement apartment here from Oliver Smith, who designed the Broadway sets for West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, and On the Town.