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The Dakota, also known as the Dakota Apartments, is a cooperative apartment building at 1 West 72nd Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The Dakota was constructed between 1880 and 1884 in the German Renaissance style and was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh for businessman Edward Cabot Clark .
But in the new movie Apartment 7A, the Dakota—the building that has anchored that corner since before there was an Upper West Side—once again takes a star turn as the epicenter of evil.
The architect boasted to The New York Times that it was the "largest apartment building in the country, and maybe the world." [14] Its design features, such as an interior courtyard, bay windows, and large apartments, were intended to evoke those of the Dakota apartment building and to attract wealthy tenants who had been unable to move to it. [16]
At 30 floors, one of three buildings tied for the title of the district's tallest. [4] The Dakota [13] 1 West 72nd Street: German Renaissance: 1884: Henry J. Hardenbergh: Some sources indicate this was the first luxury apartment building in New York City. [4] National Historic Landmark. [15] The Langham: 135 Central Park West: Second Empire: 1905
T&C spoke to the film's production designer about bringing the legendary NYC address to life.
Strawberry Fields with The Dakota in the background. The entrance to the memorial is located on Central Park West at West 72nd Street, near where John Lennon was murdered outside The Dakota, the apartment building in which he lived.
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72nd Street is the closest station to both the Dakota apartment building (which is immediately outside the station) and the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park. [28] [29] The 2018 artwork at this station is "Sky" by the multimedia artist Yoko Ono, who lived in the Dakota. The ceramic artwork consists of clouds against a blue backdrop.