Dakota , also known as Dakota Apartments , is a cooperative apartment building located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, USA. It was built in 1884 and is considered one of the most prestigious and exclusive cooperative residence buildings in Manhattan.
Dakota is famous as the former home of Beatle John Lennon from 1973 to his assassination at the gate of the building in 1980.
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History
The Dakota was built between October 25, 1880, and October 27, 1884. The architectural firm Henry Janeway Hardenbergh was commissioned to create a design for Edward Clark, the head of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. The company also designed Plaza Hotel.
The Dakota was supposedly so named because at the time of construction, the area was rarely inhabited and considered as remote in relation to the area inhabited by Manhattan as the Dakota Territory. However, the earliest appearance of this account was in a 1933 newspaper interview with the old Dakota manager, quoted in Christopher Gray's New York Streetscapes: "Maybe it's called 'Dakota' because it's so far west and so far north ". According to Gray, most likely the building was named Dakota because of Clark's passion for the names of new western states and territories.
Dakota was designated a New York City Landmark in 1969. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
Façade Dakota has been renovated in 2015.
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Features
Gable tall buildings and deep rooftops with an abundance of roofs, terracotta spandrels and panels, alcoves, balconies and balustrades give the character of the German Renaissance, an echo of the Hanseatic town hall. However, the floor layout and layout betrayed the powerful influence of French architectural trends in the design of housing that had been known in New York in the 1870s. High above the entrance of 72nd Street, the face of a Dakota Indian kept watch over.
Dakota is a square building, built around a central courtyard. The main arched entrance is porte-cochÃÆ'¨re big enough for the horse carriage that once entered and allowing passengers to get off the shelter from the weather. Many of these carriages are housed in a high-rise building built in two sections, 1891-94, at the southwest corner of 77th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, where lifts lift them upstairs. The "Dakota Stables" building operates as a garage until February 2007, when it is scheduled to be converted by the Related Company into a condominium residence. Since then, The Harrison's large condominium building occupies its place.
The apartment's general layout was in French style during the period, with all the main rooms connected to each other, in the enfilade , and also accessible from the hall or corridor. This arrangement allows for the natural migration of guests from one room to another, especially at celebration events, but provides a separate circulatory service service staff that offers service access to the main room. The main rooms, such as guest rooms or master bedroom, facing the street, while the dining room, kitchen, and other extra rooms are oriented to the courtyard. Thus, the apartment was aired from two sides, which was a relative novelty in Manhattan at the time. Some of the drawing rooms have a length of 49Ã, ft (15 m), and many of the ceilings are 14,, ft (4.3 m) tall; the floor is covered with mahogany, oak, and cherry.
Initially, Dakota has 65 apartments with 4 to 20 rooms, no two of the same. These apartments are accessed by stairs and elevators are placed in four corners of the yard. Separate service stairs and elevators serving the kitchen are located in the central block. Built to cater to the rich, Dakota features many outstanding modern facilities and infrastructure for the time being. The building has a large dining room; food can also be sent to the apartment by the waiters. Electricity is generated by power plants at home, and buildings have central heating. Beside the maid's room, there is a playroom and gym under the roof. In the following years, the rooms on the tenth floor were converted into apartments. The Dakota property also includes a private garden, croquet courtyard and tennis courts behind the building between 72nd and 73rd Streets.
All apartments were left before the building opened, but it was a long-term disposal on Clark's estate, who died before it was finished, and his heirs. For the upscale people in Manhattan, the place is a fashion to live in the building, or at least rent an apartment there as a residence in a secondary city, and Dakota's success encourages the construction of many other luxury apartment buildings in Manhattan.
The entrance to the 72nd Street station on the A , B , and C trains in New York City is outside the building.
Famous citizen
Dakota's leading residents include:
Although historically home to many creative or artistic people, the building and the co-op board of directors were criticized in 2005 by former residents of Albert Maysles who sought to sell ownership to actor Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas, who were rejected. Maysles expressed "his disappointment at how the building seemed to change" by saying The New York Times: "What is so surprising is that the building loses its touch with interesting people, the more they are moving away from creative people and go towards people who only have money. "Even before this, Gene Simmons, Billy Joel, and Carly Simon were denied residency by the council. In 2002 the council rejected the surging cardinal king and the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of New York Dennis Mehiel.
Cultural significance
The south entrance of the building is the location of John Lennon's murder. This is prominently featured in Andrew Piddington's 2006 film The Killing of John Lennon; Dakota is only used for exterior shooting. In Roman Polanski's 1968 film Rosemary's Baby, Dakota is used for exterior shooting "The Bramford", an apartment building where several characters live. The building is also referenced in CW and Netflix (Television Show) Riverdale events. The former home of Hermione, Hiram and Veronica Lodge before moving to Riverdale City are referenced in season 1 and season 2 of episode 2.
References
Further reading
External links
- Media related to The Dakota on Wikimedia Commons
- Works related to The Dakota on Wikisource
- The Dakota: Building the First Luxury Apartment in New York, New York Observer
- Upper West Side/Central Park West, Historic District Locations Report, Volume 1: Essays/Architects' Appendix, New York City's Landmark Conservation Commission, April 24, 1990
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