It was New York’s “first truly luxury apartment building,” architectural historian Andrew Alpern argues in his new book The Dakota: A History of the World’s Best-Known Apartment Building ...

Andrew Alpern grew up on West 82nd Street, blocks from the Dakota. “I was always fascinated by the building, because when I was a kid, it was filthy dirty, as almost all buildings in New York ...

Instead, the architectural historian is interested in the Dakota’s 19th-century beginnings, and how the completion of the building in 1884 by Clark influenced apartment-style living in New York ...

The building was reportedly fully rented before it even opened, thanks to a glowing New York Times review. The Steinway family, of Steinway piano fame, was one of The Dakota's first residents.

Much is transient about New York City real estate. Buildings are demolished, cafes turn into Duane Reades and rents go up. But for the last 50 years, there was a constant — Yoko Ono lived in the ...

His Dakota apartments. Lennon and Ono moved into the Dakota at 1 West 72nd Street in 1973. The famed building is one of the most exclusive in New York City and was once home to many stars like ...

John Lennon’s sons recently spent time at an unlikely place. Sean Ono Lennon and Julian Lennon were pictured at the Dakota, the New York City apartment building where their famous father was ...

John Lennon moved into The Dakota in 1973 and, according to those who have seen his ghost lingering outside, never left. The historic New York City apartment building reportedly has its fair share ...

Julian Lennon and Sean Ono Lennon, the sons of Beatles star John Lennon, spent some time together at The Dakota, the New York City apartment building where their father and wife Yoko Ono once lived.

The fascinating history of New York’s first mega-luxury apartment building. When a penthouse apartment in One57 sold for over $100 million last year, it broke the record for Manhattan’s most ...