New York City is an amazing place with so many thing to see and do it could take years if not a lifetime to take it all in. I have been there a couple of times and hope to return.
Most people have heard of "The Dakota" if for no other reason that was where former Beatle,John Lennon lived and was killed in front of on December 8, 1980. His wife Yoko Ono still is in residence as far as I can determine. The exterior is also featured in the movie "Rosemary's Baby",but I digress so on with the rest of the story.
The popular story on the naming of "The Dakota" is that at the time it was built (commissioned by Edward Clark,head of Singer Sewing Machine Company) the Upper West Side of Manhattan was sparsely inhabited and considered as remote as the Dakota Territory. The more likely story is the building was named because of Clark's fondness for the names of the western states and territories. High above the 72nd Street entrance the figure of a Dakota Indian keeps watch.
For some reason I prefer the former story to the latter,not that it matters what I think!
Most people have heard of "The Dakota" if for no other reason that was where former Beatle,John Lennon lived and was killed in front of on December 8, 1980. His wife Yoko Ono still is in residence as far as I can determine. The exterior is also featured in the movie "Rosemary's Baby",but I digress so on with the rest of the story.
The popular story on the naming of "The Dakota" is that at the time it was built (commissioned by Edward Clark,head of Singer Sewing Machine Company) the Upper West Side of Manhattan was sparsely inhabited and considered as remote as the Dakota Territory. The more likely story is the building was named because of Clark's fondness for the names of the western states and territories. High above the 72nd Street entrance the figure of a Dakota Indian keeps watch.
For some reason I prefer the former story to the latter,not that it matters what I think!
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