New York City's Most Exclusive Building, 1 West 72nd Street
During my brief period as a celebrity in New York City I went to a party there once. The elevator was luxurious. If rumors are true my current building is the first one which had an elevator in Cambridge, MA.
the iconic structure, built in 1884 and designed by architect Henry Hardenbergh, the man behind the Plaza and the original Waldorf-Astoria.
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Celebrities from Lauren Bacall to Leonard Bernstein have called it home. It was immortalized in the seminal horror movie “Rosemary’s Baby,” and, of course, John Lennon’s assassination at its gates 35 years ago has made the building a tourist Mecca to this day. (His widow, Yoko Ono, still lives on the seventh floor.)
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A crafted Native American sculpture on the facade of the Dakota.
Photo: Ken Grant
The most expensive unit ever sold went for a whopping $27.5 million. In 2014, art collector Ydessa Hendeles bought the three-bedroom pad — with 100 feet of Central Park frontage — from hedge funder Bruce Barnes.Modal Trigger
The very same apartment likely went for around $150,000 in 1971,
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Among the celebrities who’ve lived in the Dakota: John Madden, “Grey Gardens” filmmaker Albert Maysles, Connie Chung and Maury Povich, Boris Karloff, and Judy Garland. (Among those reportedly turned down by the co-op board: Cher, Billy Joel, Madonna and Judd Apatow.)
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For its debut in 1884, developer Clark and architect Hardenbergh kitted out the Dakota with technology that was cutting-edge for the area, including electricity. It was one of the first residential building to have elevators
http://nypost.com/2015/10/10/secrets-of-new-yorks-most-notorious-apartment-building/
Secrets of New York’s most notorious apartment building
By Hana R. Alberts
New York Post
October 10, 2015 | 5:12pm
The most expensive unit ever sold went for a whopping $27.5 million. In 2014, art collector Ydessa Hendeles bought the three-bedroom pad — with 100 feet of Central Park frontage — from hedge funder Bruce Barnes.Modal Trigger
The very same apartment likely went for around $150,000 in 1971,
[. . .]
Among the celebrities who’ve lived in the Dakota: John Madden, “Grey Gardens” filmmaker Albert Maysles, Connie Chung and Maury Povich, Boris Karloff, and Judy Garland. (Among those reportedly turned down by the co-op board: Cher, Billy Joel, Madonna and Judd Apatow.)
[. . .]
For its debut in 1884, developer Clark and architect Hardenbergh kitted out the Dakota with technology that was cutting-edge for the area, including electricity. It was one of the first residential building to have elevators
Secrets of New York’s most notorious apartment building
By Hana R. Alberts
New York Post
October 10, 2015 | 5:12pm
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