One generation’s chic is another generation’s cringe. “Sex and the City” started streaming on Netflix last spring, making the show, which aired its final episode on HBO in 2004, easily accessible to a younger audience.

The owner of the building that served as the exterior of Sarah Jessica Parker's apartment made the request with the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission after the stoop has continued to be a "global tourist destination.

Longtime building owner Barbara Lorber complained about “the endless presence of interest in my celebrity staircase.”