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The Dakota, also known as the Dakota Apartments, is a cooperative apartment building located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in the Upper West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States. Its construction was completed in 1884. The Dakota was the home of John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, from 1973 until his murder in the archway of the building in 1980,More info:wiki

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#10     Inside New York’s Most Famous Apartment Building,More info:architecturaldigest

For years dubbed the “most famous apartment building in New York City,” the Dakota has a spot in cultural history—film, celebrity, art, and otherwise—wholly unique in the world of architecture and even more unique in the world of urban dwellings. Regarded as the city’s first luxury apartment building, the Dakota, which defied convention at the time of its completion in 1884, set the stage for centuries of high-end apartments that would come to characterize the city’s real-estate market. Yet, as many other buildings have come and gone, both in fashion and in terms of literal demolition, 1 West 72nd Street has endured as one of the most desirable addresses in the city. Here, we revisit the iconic structure, exploring its deeply multifaceted claim to fame.

#9     A Funky, Whimsical Four-Bedroom In The Dakota Seeks $17.5M,More info:ny.curbed

Even with its recent co-op board troubles, The Dakota remains one of New York City’s toniest—and most desired—addresses. And while you might expect apartments in the landmarked building to be staid, rather fussy spaces, that’s not always the case. See, for example, this recently listed four-bedroom apartment, on the market for $17.5 million. It has a lot going on, design-wise: bright blue area rugs, flooring that’s straight out of Q-Bert, walls painted to look like clouds, etc. (Thank the current owners for that—previously, it was just another formal, sort of fussy apartment.) The space itself also comes with nice touches, including both an eat-in kitchen and a formal dining room, a library, and a gallery. We’re sure you could change up the interiors after buying the space, but after seeing that 8-bit-style bathroom tile, why would you?

#8     Preserved Dakota apartment hits the market for the first time in 50 years, asking $12.5M,More info:6sqft

For the first time in 50 years, an eight-room apartment in the Dakota, quite possibly the city’s most iconic apartment building, is for sale with an asking price of $12.5 million. Built in 1884, the fortress-looking building at 1 West 72nd Street on the Upper West Side has been home to many celebrities over the years, including Judy Garland, Roberta Flack, Yoko Ono, and many more A-listers. As Curbed learned, four of the rooms in the available unit directly face Central Park and boast wood-burning fireplaces and original mahogany pocket doors.

 

#7     The Dakota – NYC’s First Luxury Apartment House,More info:thoughtco

The Dakota Apartment Building is much more than the place where ex-Beatle John Lennon was killed.

The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 forever influenced building and design throughout the United States, and construction of what would become “The Dakota” was no exception. Plans submitted to build a “Family Hotel” west of Central Park included fireproof stairways and partitions of “brick or fireproof blocks.” A side-effect of all this fireproofing was offered by Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Report:

” With its massive load bearing walls, heavy interior partitions, and double thick floors of concrete, it is one of the quietest buildings in the City.”
—National Register of Historic Places Inventor

Built in an exciting time of U.S. history, The Dakota brings together many of the Significant Events of the 1880s—the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty were being assembled in Lower Manhattan, but the building site of NYC’s first luxury apartment house was to be built in the unpopulated “Wild, Wild West” side of Upper Manhattan, which seemed as far away as the Dakota Territory.

#6     Judy Garland’s Former Dakota Apartment, Now a Designer Pad, Asks $16.7M,More info:6sqft

Just last week, 6sqft featured a “girly-modern Tribeca triplex” that’s asking $3.75 million. It belongs to buzzed-about young designer Sasha Bikoff, who was also featured in a 2014 NY Times lifestyle piece about NYC’s young contemporary millionaires. And as it turns out, she also designed a colorful yet glam apartment in the famed Dakota, the same unit that reportedly once belonged to Judy Garland.

According to the Observer, the Central Park West residence is asking $16.75 million. But before you get too blown away as to how this 27-year-old designer got such a high-profile commission, public record shows that it was owned by her mother Jacqueline Bikoff, an Iranian pianist and ballerina (and Studio 54 regular) who passed away last September. Sasha undertook the renovation two years ago, earning her spreads in design publications such as MyDomaine and the Times. The latter is where the Judy Garland claim surfaced, but Douglas Elliman listing agent Katherine Gauthier is skeptical as to its validity. No matter, the apartment is definitely legendary.

 

#5     Wanted: Buyer to Restore Some Grandeur to Manhattan’s Dakota Building,More info:wsj

 

#4     Apartment in the Dakota, Renovated and Relisted for $12.5M,More info:mansionglobal

 

#3       Elegant $6M spread is dripping with ‘original Dakota details’,More info:6sqft

 

#2      The south entrance of the Dakota building, Manhattan, New York,More info:flickr

The Dakota is a co-op apartment building located on the north-west corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York at 1 West 72nd Street. It was constructed from 25 October, 1880 to 27 October, 1884,

The building was the home of John Lennon from 1973. It was also the location of his murder (outside the main gates) at the hands of Mark David Chapman on 8 December, 1980. Lennon’s wife and widow, Yoko Ono, still has several apartments in the building. The Strawberry Fields memorial was laid out in memory of Lennon in Central Park directly across the road. Every year, Ono marks the anniversary of Lennon’s death with a now-public pilgrimage to the memorial, and by placing a single lit candle in the window of one of her apartments.

#1       File:Strawberry Fields in the Central Park with The Dakota behind.jpg,More info:wikimedia

 

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