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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 .
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
Strawberry Fields is a 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) landscaped section in New York City's Central Park, designed by the landscape architect Bruce Kelly, that is dedicated to the memory of former Beatles member John Lennon. It is named after the Beatles' song "Strawberry Fields Forever", written by Lennon.
Jay Hastings was working on the front desk of the Dakota building in New York, where Lennon, 40, lived with his wife, Yoko Ono, and their young son, Sean Ono Lennon, on that fateful day.
The Park & Tilford Building, on the southwest corner of West 72nd St and Columbus Avenue, built by the eponymous retailer, was designed by McKim Mead and White. The New York Times observed that the opening in September 1893, "was attended by hundreds, who admired the building and the artistic display of goods."
The Belnord is a condominium building at 225 West 86th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.The 13-story structure was designed by Hiss and Weekes in the Italian Renaissance Revival style and occupies the full block between Broadway, Amsterdam Avenue, and 86th and 87th Streets.
Dakota Apartments. December 8, 1976 ... still one of the tallest buildings in New York City 115: ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
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.