Dakota

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Dakota


Famous residence
1 West 72nd Street
(at Central Park)
New York, NY 10023
+1 212 874 8671
New York's first luxury apartment house is still one of its most prestigious private addresses. Its history started in the 19th century when it pioneered an area of the city that was then still mostly farmland. With 65 apartments, the imposing, neo-gothic Dakota attracts the rich and famous. Past tenants have included Lauren Bacall, Judy Garland, Rosemary Clooney and Boris Karloff. Unfortunately, most people now know the side entrance to The Dakota as the place where ex-Beatle John Lennon was murdered in 1980 (he lived there at the time). The Dakota is further notorious as the place where Oscar-winning actor Gig Young committed murder-suicide in 1978 by shooting his wife and then himself.

Review © 2009, Wcities
Dakota photo by Antonio Zugaldia
Dakota Photo: Antonio Zugaldia
Dakota photo by Jim in Times Square (J. Carroll Lambert)
Dakota Photo: Jim in Times Square (J. Carroll Lambert)
Dakota photo by Antonio Zugaldia
Dakota Photo: Antonio Zugaldia
Dakota photo by Mark Visosky
Dakota Photo: Mark Visosky
Dakota photo by Steve Cadman
Dakota Photo: Steve Cadman

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