When people think of New York City, the first image that comes to mind is always, inevitably, that of the multitude of giant steel, glass and concrete made from the twentieth century, and rising, with dynamic appearance and modern, for dozens of plans, until you get to "scrape" the sky. Here, the Dakota Building, located on the corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West, is not nothing like that. Yet, as if to prove that the stereotypes do not exist, this building has always been one of the most prestigious addresses and areas of the "city of skyscrapers." The building exudes
immediately observe, you witnessing a profusion of architectural elements such as gabled roofs, dormer windows, arches, balconies, balustrades and other adornments that create an image highly characteristic and eye-catching.
ORIGINS
The construction of the Dakota occurred between 1880 and 1884. The architect who designed it, Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, who designed also is the same as the Plaza Hotel. Funded by the firm and owner of the building was originally Edward Clark, head of Singer, the well-known manufacturer of sewing machines. Clark also died in 1882, before the completion of the building, which then passed to eredi.E 'very curious the source name. In those years, the area where the building (the Upper West Side of Manhattan) was, unlike today, a sparsely populated area in the device compared to what was then the center of the city, it was an area far from the city heart, so far - for New Yorkers of the time - almost as much as the Dakota, meaning in this case the Dakota Territory. Hence the idea of \u200b\u200bcalling the new building with this exact name.
The success of the Dakota Building was immediate, with all apartments rented before the inauguration of the building. Live at the Dakota (or at least have a secondary residence there) became an event for high society fashion New York image of those years.For period of Dakota, take a look at the photo gallery above n.12, the photo shows the building at the end of 1800.
THE HOUSE OF JOHN LENNON NEW YORK
There are many celebrities who are or have been residents at the Dakota Building, among them: Paul Simon, Bono, Boris Karloff, Rudolf Nureyev, Judy Garland, Lauren Bacall, Leonard Bernstein. The Dakota Building, however, is best known for being the residence of John Lennon in New York when he decided to leave England and move overseas. It was one of the apartments in the Dakota that Lennon lived with Yoko Ono. And it is in front of the Dakota that the ex-Beatle died on December 8, 1980, killed by gunshot wounds by Mark Chapman. In honor and memory of John Lennon, an area of \u200b\u200b2.5 acres of Central Park, located opposite the Dakota Building, where Lennon and Yoko Ono liked to walk, is now known as "Strawberry Fields" (from "Strawberry Fields Forever ", a famous Beatles song). The area was officially inaugurated on October 9, 1985, Lennon's birthday.
IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA
The Dakota has been cited in several films, literary, musical.
His "appearance" is undoubtedly the most famous in "Rosemary's Baby ". The film, directed by Roman Polanski in 1968, remains one of the masterpieces of cinema history. The events are known: the young Rosemary Woodhouse (played by Mia Farrow) moves with her husband in an apartment in a building in Manhattan (the Dakota, in fact). There will fall victim to the machinations of satanic matrix hatched by his neighbors and tenants of the building, the elderly couple Castevet. The Dakota (renamed "Branford" in the film) was used for exterior shots, while the interiors were rebuilt on the set, as the administration of the Dakota did not provide permission to shoot footage filmed inside the building. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards and Ruth Gordon won the award for best supporting actress.
in literature, the name of the Dakota Building is primarily linked to the novel "Back in Time" (original title: Time and Again), the writer Jack Finney (author of Invasion of the Body Snatchers). The work, published in 1970, addresses the theme of time travel through a new perspective: in fact the novel's protagonist travels back in time not because of a car but thanks to hypnosis. Thus, once again in New York of the 1880s, and finds himself in one of the buildings at that time already distinguished the urban fabric of the city, the Dakota.
immediately observe, you witnessing a profusion of architectural elements such as gabled roofs, dormer windows, arches, balconies, balustrades and other adornments that create an image highly characteristic and eye-catching.
ORIGINS
The construction of the Dakota occurred between 1880 and 1884. The architect who designed it, Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, who designed also is the same as the Plaza Hotel. Funded by the firm and owner of the building was originally Edward Clark, head of Singer, the well-known manufacturer of sewing machines. Clark also died in 1882, before the completion of the building, which then passed to eredi.E 'very curious the source name. In those years, the area where the building (the Upper West Side of Manhattan) was, unlike today, a sparsely populated area in the device compared to what was then the center of the city, it was an area far from the city heart, so far - for New Yorkers of the time - almost as much as the Dakota, meaning in this case the Dakota Territory. Hence the idea of \u200b\u200bcalling the new building with this exact name.
The success of the Dakota Building was immediate, with all apartments rented before the inauguration of the building. Live at the Dakota (or at least have a secondary residence there) became an event for high society fashion New York image of those years.For period of Dakota, take a look at the photo gallery above n.12, the photo shows the building at the end of 1800.
THE HOUSE OF JOHN LENNON NEW YORK
There are many celebrities who are or have been residents at the Dakota Building, among them: Paul Simon, Bono, Boris Karloff, Rudolf Nureyev, Judy Garland, Lauren Bacall, Leonard Bernstein. The Dakota Building, however, is best known for being the residence of John Lennon in New York when he decided to leave England and move overseas. It was one of the apartments in the Dakota that Lennon lived with Yoko Ono. And it is in front of the Dakota that the ex-Beatle died on December 8, 1980, killed by gunshot wounds by Mark Chapman. In honor and memory of John Lennon, an area of \u200b\u200b2.5 acres of Central Park, located opposite the Dakota Building, where Lennon and Yoko Ono liked to walk, is now known as "Strawberry Fields" (from "Strawberry Fields Forever ", a famous Beatles song). The area was officially inaugurated on October 9, 1985, Lennon's birthday.
IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA
The Dakota has been cited in several films, literary, musical.
His "appearance" is undoubtedly the most famous in "Rosemary's Baby ". The film, directed by Roman Polanski in 1968, remains one of the masterpieces of cinema history. The events are known: the young Rosemary Woodhouse (played by Mia Farrow) moves with her husband in an apartment in a building in Manhattan (the Dakota, in fact). There will fall victim to the machinations of satanic matrix hatched by his neighbors and tenants of the building, the elderly couple Castevet. The Dakota (renamed "Branford" in the film) was used for exterior shots, while the interiors were rebuilt on the set, as the administration of the Dakota did not provide permission to shoot footage filmed inside the building. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards and Ruth Gordon won the award for best supporting actress.
in literature, the name of the Dakota Building is primarily linked to the novel "Back in Time" (original title: Time and Again), the writer Jack Finney (author of Invasion of the Body Snatchers). The work, published in 1970, addresses the theme of time travel through a new perspective: in fact the novel's protagonist travels back in time not because of a car but thanks to hypnosis. Thus, once again in New York of the 1880s, and finds himself in one of the buildings at that time already distinguished the urban fabric of the city, the Dakota.
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