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Delight and sadness live there: what hides the legendary Dakota building in New York

'18.02.2021'

Vita Popova

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The architecture of New York has always been fraught with many mysteries. One of them is the legendary Dakota house. About what celebrities lived in it and about interesting events associated with this building, told the author of the channel "50 shades of New York" on the website Yandex Zen.

In New York, there is the legendary building "Dakota", causing the townspeople delight, awe and painful sadness. It is located in Manhattan, right next to Central Park. It was built in the second half of the XIX century in the then fashionable neo-Gothic style.

Apartments here were very expensive, only very wealthy people could buy them. Among the famous residents of Dakota, actress Judy Garland, composer Leonard Bernstein, great ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, whose 6-room apartment was often visited by Jacqueline Kennedy.

But celebrities such as Melanie Griffith, Banderas, Madonna and Cher were denied the purchase of apartments in the legendary building. The Council of Residents did not find them worthy of their circle and residence in the US National Historic Site.

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Dakota is a real luxury. Inside, the building is decorated with marble-faced fireplaces, sumptuous balconies and lancet windows overlooking the park. Outside there is a tennis court, a swimming pool, a croquet area, a kitchen from which you can order food directly to the apartments. Once there was even its own horse yard.

It is worth noting that the building from the moment of construction in 1884 was equipped with central heating and an autonomous electric generator, which was an unheard of luxury for those times.

At one time, Dakota was owned by Edward Clarke, the king of Singer sewing machines. The floor in his apartment was made of pure silver.

Over time, the luxurious building acquired the fame of the mystical. Some of its residents claimed to have met ghosts in the Dakota's corridors. And after the release in the twentieth century on the screens of the film by Roman Polanski "Rosemary's Child" the glory of the mysterious was finally entrenched in the building.

However, the biggest event related to the Dakota occurred on December 8, 1980. That day a tragedy happened that shocked people from all over the world. It was on that ill-fated day that Mark Chapman mortally wounded John Lennon, who was leaving his home. “So the world has lost a talented musician, and the building is one of its greatest residents,” the author states. “By the way, the 87-year-old widow of Lennon Yoko Ono still lives in Dakota.”

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