[101] During the early 19th century, apartment developments in the city were generally associated with the working class, but by the late 19th century, apartments were also becoming desirable among the middle and upper classes. [35] The service elevators, among the first in the city, lead to the kitchens of the apartments. [69], In addition to the Dakota's in-house staff, each tenant could employ up to five of their own servants on site. The thicknesses of the exterior walls varied at different stories: Sources disagree on the number of apartments that the Dakota originally had. Elizabeth Cochran Seaman) and Henry Hardenberg from Wikipedia, as is octagon images of Roosevelt/Blackwells Island and Strawberry Fields memorial. [11][12] Even though a street address was sufficient to identify these apartment buildings, this trend followed a British practice of giving names to buildings without addresses. The upper-story servants' quarters contained dormitories, bathrooms, laundry rooms, and dryer rooms. [76] The building particularly appealed to theatrical figures because of its proximity to the Broadway Theater District, which was also on the West Side. [223] Illustrations of the building appeared on several magazine covers, including the July 12, 1982, issue of The New Yorker magazine and the 1979 Christmas catalog for Brentano's bookstore. [25], The underground mechanical plant, to the west of the building, measured 150 by 60 by 18ft (45.7 by 18.3 by 5.5m) and contained electrical generators, steam boilers, and steam engines. [129] Even in 1890, the row houses on the same block were bringing more income than was the Dakota. [64], The building also had common spaces shared by all residents, including a dining room and a ballroom. Director Roman Polanski's wife, Sharon Tate, became increasingly interested in the occult as a result of the movie. The pumps could draw up to 210^6U.S.gal (7,600,000L) of water per day, and over 200mi (320km) of pipes delivered water to each apartment. [224], The Dakota's history is detailed in at least two books. Fiona Davis:Back when I was around eight years old, I took a book out of my local library about a girl whos horse crazy, and finally gets to ride a horse for an entire summer before realizing that taking care of it is a lot of hard work. [104], In 1879, Clark announced plans for an apartment complex at the intersection of 72nd Street and Eighth Avenue[23] (the latter of which was renamed Central Park West in 1883[6]). [35], The 72nd Street elevation contain projecting turrets, which rise the entire height of the facade. In a 1932 New Yorker article, the Dakota was described as being "as close to organic architecture as its most up-to-date neighbor: that is, they are both about fifty years away from the real thing". [125], By 1992, the Dakota's facade was again being cleaned. Two generations ago, Baileys grandfather was the ward of famed architect Theodore Camden. The opportunity to move to America. [51] The garden had become a parking lot by the 1950s,[46][51] and the Mayfair was developed on the garden's site in 1964. Slide over on that silk settee and join me in conversation with Fiona Davis. The opportunity to move to America. [132] Nonetheless, the Dakota remained the only large apartment building in the neighborhood until the end of the 19th century. [30][67] Each corner of the building has a brick shaft with one elevator and one staircase;[17][43] this roughly divides the Dakota into quadrants. [113][114][115] The more likely origin for the "Dakota" name was Clark's fondness for the names of the then-new western states and territories. [69] According to historical records collated by historian Andrew Alpern, the Dakota's earliest residents were active in a variety of industries. If anyone has read that book and remembers the title, please reach out to me! 1875 - 1942. The opportunity to be the female manager of the Dakota. [107][108] The building initially did not have a name, even after the foundations were completed in early 1881. "[42][220] Hardenbergh, who remained involved in his designs after their completion,[221] wrote a letter objecting to American Architect's characterization of the courtyard. [65][97][113] Back in 1879, Clark had proposed naming the Upper West Side's north-south avenues after states or territories in the Western United States, though his suggestions had been ignored. Fresh out of rehab, the former party girl and interior designer is homeless, jobless and penniless. Ive been doing a lot of author talks in bookstores and libraries and the response has been incredibly warm and enthusiastic. The writing is evocative, historically rich, and mysterious.Beginning in London, we meet Sara Smythe, a housekeeper at the Langham and follow her on a journey across the Atlantic where she lands in the outskirts of a developing NYC. After World War II, the kitchen was closed and became a studio apartment for Giora Novak. [37] The apartments are accessed by four passageways, one from each corner of the courtyard. But shes not impressed with the design ideas which would trump the original design aesthetics of the historic building. Two generations ago, Baileys grandfather was the ward of famed architect Theodore Camden. But shes not impressed with the design ideas which would trump the original design aesthetics of the historic building. [131] The Dakota's completion spurred the construction of other large apartment buildings in the area,[129][131] several of which were named after regions in the western United States. WebThe year is 1885 and brilliant architect Theodore Camden offers London hotel housekeeper Sara Smythe a once-in-a-lifetime chance to accompany Camden to New York to manage the Dakota, an apartment building on Manhattans Upper West Side, which he helped to build. [74] Each service stair and elevator served two apartments per floor. L.L. [35][36] A writer for the American Architect and Building News described the Dakota's courtyard and similar spaces in other buildings as "a safe, pleasant and sheltered place, under the eye of the Janitor, where tenants can enter, but thieves cannot". The building was one of the first large developments on the Upper West Side and is the oldest remaining luxury apartment building in New York City. Discover and add pictures, bio information and documents about the life of Theodore Camden (1918). This gives the building an eerie reputation that is likely to endureuntil the end of its days. [13] Major developments on the West Side were erected after the Ninth Avenue elevated line opened in 1879, providing direct access to Lower Manhattan. The location of Clark's apartment was intended to attract tenants who were still accustomed to low-rise row houses. Canadian-born, New York City-based novelist Fiona Davis has discovered a winning formula for her fiction: pair the history of a real-life landmark building with the imagined lives of those who might have lived or worked there, and structure the story as a dual narrative with alternating time periods. [144] Residents tended to live in the building for several decades, leading The New York Times to observe: "It is reported that no Dakotan leaves the building permanently unless it is feet first". [53] An entrance to the New York City Subway's 72nd Street station, served by the B and C trains,[54] is built within this areaway. [155] The building was also depicted in Jack Finney's 1970 novel Time and Again. [42], After the Dakota was completed, ornamental-iron contractor Hecla Iron Works published advertisements of the building in Architectural Record. 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W. Fabian referred to the Dakota as the "most excellent of any of the kind in New York",[53][214] and M. G. Van Renneslaer said the Dakota was the only apartment building she had ever seen that "merits praise". [212] The New York Daily Graphic wrote that the building was "one of the most perfect apartment houses in the world". The Dakota was constructed between 1880 and 1884 in the Renaissance Revival style and was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh for businessman Edward Cabot Clark. Instead, her "cousin" Melinda - Camdens biological great-granddaughter - will inherit almost everything. Change). [142] The Clarks were responsible for all repairs and maintenance and were subject to little, if any scrutiny. WebWhen a chance encounter with Theodore Camden, one of the architects of the grand New York apartment house The Dakota, leads to a job offer, Sarah Smythes world is suddenly awash in possibility. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. [69][73] The tenants' staircases contained marble treads. A New York Herald Tribune article in 1929 noted that the Clarks have "for years resisted all attempts at purchase". [138] Whereas the Dakota underwent few alterations in its first fifty years, the neighborhood changed dramatically during that period. [222] Since then, the building and its inhabitants have been detailed in numerous periodicals, including Look and Architectural Forum. Residential building in Manhattan, New York, This article is about the apartment building in New York City. [23][143] The LPC hired experts who determined that a full restoration would cost $1 million, which amounted to an additional $10,000 assessment for each of the Dakota's 95 tenants. [17][43] There was also a wine cellar, which was empty by the 1960s. [156] By then, there were 93 apartments, and the original floor plans had been rearranged extensively. [11][14] Christopher Gray of The New York Times described the Dakota as one of several apartment buildings that were famous enough "to maintain their names simply in common custom". [173][193] In 2002, the board rejected corrugated cardboard magnate Dennis Mehiel;[206] he was only allowed to move into the building 20 years later. Can you tell us a little about how that piece of the story came to be? While he was in the hospital, he had vivid hallucinations about the movie. [28][1] A depiction of a Native American's head is carved on the facade. The Dakotawas also a prominent filming location for one of the most cursed movies in history. [46] Under the co-op arrangement, the residents were obligated to share all maintenance and repair costs, which the Clark family had previously handled. WebWhen a chance encounter with Theodore Camden, one of the architects of the grand New York apartment house the Dakota, leads to a job offer for Sara Smythe, her world is suddenly awash in possibilityno mean feat for a servant in 1884. Fresh out of rehab, the former party girl and interior designer is homeless, jobless and penniless. The opportunity to be the female manager of the Dakota. After reading TEN DAYS IN A MADHOUSE, I took the tram over to whats now called Roosevelt Island to visit the remaining structure, the Octagon, which today serves as the lobby to a condo. 1875 - 1943. After all, everyone knows it as the place where Lennon died. You can find her atwww.FionaDavis.net. [82] The Dakota also had a ladies' reception room with an artwork by the Misses Greatorex. Six years before she died in an apparent suicide, she spent a few hours doing a photo shoot inside actress Judy Holliday's apartmentatthe Dakota. Martha Verda Camden. The Address Davis, Fiona, 1966- "After a failed apprenticeship, working her way up to head housekeeper of a posh London hotel is more than Sara Smythe ever thought she'd make of herself. [92][93], The Dakota's basement contained a laundry, storerooms, a kitchen, and the mechanical plant. Fresh out of rehab, the former party girl and interior designer is homeless, jobless, and penniless. [40], Because the Dakota had fewer apartments than nearby co-ops, maintenance expenses tended to be much higher. [65][69] After Edward C. Clark's death, Hardenbergh never designed another building for the Clark family;[63][117] their final collaboration, the Ontiora at Seventh Avenue and 55th Street, was similar in design to the Dakota. The murder also prompted concern among residents, who demanded more stringent security; all visitors were already required to pass through the security booth on 72nd Street. [42] The Dakota's distinct upper and lower courtyards differed from that of Hardenbergh and Clark's earlier Van Corlear apartment house at Seventh Avenue and 55th Street, where residents and servants used the same courtyard. [48] The steam plant in the basement, as well as the building's eight hydraulic elevators, were powered by water that was collected from the roof and from underneath each apartment's radiators. WebFrom the author of The Dollhouse and The Masterpiece comes the compelling national bestselling novel about the thin lines between love and loss, success and ruin, passion and madness, all hidden behind the walls of The Dakota--New York City's most famous residence. [160] The LPC gave craftsmanship awards to the restoration architects, Ehrenkrantz & Eckstut Architects and Remco, in 1994. The dormer windows are arranged in two to four levels and alternately contain either stone or copper frames. For the region of the United States, see. [26][67] The main section of the basement is directly under the courtyard and has an asphaltum floor. [137] The New York Times wrote in the 1920s that the Dakota "has always maintained its old-time popularity". [19][22], Henry Janeway Hardenbergh designed the Dakota for Edward C. Clark between 1880 and 1884. [111][112] The exterior walls were up to the sixth story by that May, and the builders estimated that the edifice would be completed in 18 months. The Joseph K. Blum Company added waterproofing to the Dakota's roof for $160,000. After ten years, she changed careers and beganworking as an editor and writer. WebWhen a chance encounter with Theodore Camden, one of the architects of the grand New York apartment house the Dakota, leads to a job offer for Sara Smythe, her world is suddenly awash in possibilityno mean feat for a servant in 1884. Fiona Davis:I am so glad you enjoyed it! [134], The Clarks tried to sell off an adjacent plot to the north, between 73rd and 74th Streets, in 1902 with the proviso that no building on that site be taller than the Dakota. [161] The fireplaces were also restored in the late 1990s or early 2000s, requiring some of the fireplace flues to be replaced. Two generations ago, Baileys grandfather was the ward of famed architect Theodore Camden. However, what makes the Dakota building history more fascinating than most is the close ties that it has to many notable people. : Childhood plays a prominent role in THE ADDRESS. At the time, many tenants were diplomats, theatrical figures, or publishers. On Central Park West, the central section of the roof is a hip roof. [28][29] The cornice is supported by large brackets and is topped by an ornate metal balustrade. Lists of spooky places around the world where you might see, here, or feel a real ghost. The Amphitheatre, designed by Fletcher Steele and considered the first public Modernist landscape, and the adjacent Harbor Park, designed by the Olmsted firm under the direction of Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., represent a rare interface between the two designers. [146] Glickman dropped its plans to redevelop the Dakota and instead sold the adjacent 46,000sqft (4,300m2) site in August. L.L. [44][45], To the west of the Dakota was another garden, below which was the building's mechanical plant. [167] Notable residents of the Dakota have included:.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}, As at other luxury apartment buildings in New York City, some of the Dakota's residents use their units as pieds-a-terre rather than as their primary residences. One hundred years later, in 1985 NYC, Bailey Camden is an interior designer charged with renovating The Dakota. XXI - 1924. The opportunity to move to America. [3][230] The Dakota is also part of the Central Park West Historic District, which was designated as an NRHP district in 1982,[231] as well as the Upper West Side Historic District, which became a New York City historic district in 1990.[232]. [35][73] Each elevator served a small foyer on each floor that provided access to the two apartments. [17][18][27] The materials and colors were selected to not only complement each other but also to soften the appearance of the building's shadows and massing. To say I am fascinated in psychiatryespecially historical psychiatryis a bit of an understatement. [81] The Dakota's construction drawings are no longer extant, so the original arrangement of the apartments is known only from written descriptions. [23] Hardenbergh filed plans for an eight-story "Family Hotel" at the site in September 1880, at which point it was planned to cost one million dollars. Shes a graduate of the College of William & Mary and the Columbia UniversityGraduate School of Journalism and is based in New York City. WebThe Dakota in New York is Americas first luxury apartment building, designed by the architect Theodore Camden. [53][56] The sidewalk was originally made of bluestone slabs. [96] In the late 19th century, hundreds of empty lots were available along the west side of Central Park. [31] Servants employed by the residents, as well as visiting servants, occupied the eighth and ninth floors. [34][42] The driveway descended to the basement, where there was a lower courtyard with the same dimensions as the ground-level courtyard. [28][40] This breezeway had been installed during the 1920s to protect residents from inclement weather. According to construction plans, the foundation walls were made of bluestone blocks, extended 10 to 18ft (3.0 to 5.5m) deep, and measured 3 to 4ft (0.91 to 1.22m) thick. [18] Above the sixth story is a stone cornice, which separates the seventh story and the roof from the rest of the facade. [18] Many of the horse-drawn carriages were dispatched from the now-demolished Dakota Stables at 75th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, developed by Edward C. Clark's son Alfred Corning Clark. [35][72] Consequently, the hallways were generally long and narrow at the Dakota, compared with later developments such as 998 Fifth Avenue. 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[40], A service driveway also runs along the western side of the main courtyard. : So I have to know: which characters were real and which were from your imagination? The building was not given its name until mid-1882, and Clark died before the Dakota was completed in October 1884. On one side of the basement were heated and illuminated storerooms in which tenants could store items for free. Fall book wreath from L. Lindsays archives. [35] The parqueted floors are inlaid with mahogany, oak, and cherry,[1][85] which are laid on top of the earthen subfloors and concrete slabs. [17][30], The building's main entrance is a double-height archway on 72nd Street to the south. (an article of clothing, toy, book, something else?). Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, has publicly stated that her husband's ghost is at the Dakota building. WebTheodore may be an amalgamation of famous, visionary architects of the Gilded Age. Additionally, Lennonstated that he saw a UFO from one of his apartment windows. [143] The Dakota was one of twelve apartment buildings on Central Park West to be converted into housing cooperatives in the late 1950s and early 1960s. [34][11][116][d] The Dakota's remoteness did directly give rise to the nickname "Clark's Folly". The opportunity to move to America. But the absence of a genetic connection means Bailey wont see a dime of the Camden familys substantial estate. The Dakota's main entrance on 72nd Street originally faced some shacks and gardens, but the high-rise Majestic Apartments overlooked the main entrance by the early 1930s. [106][110] Work was slightly delayed by a labor strike in March 1882. [218], Some critics also made commentary about specific architectural elements of the Dakota. It's also intriguingfor a few darker reasons, most notably as the backdrop to John Lennon's murder. [226][227] Nonetheless, relatively little scholarly material about the Dakota has been published. : In my former career, I was a child/adolescent psych R.N. According to witnesses, the paranormal figure wore outdated clothing. [11], The Dakota's developer Edward Cabot Clark, who headed the Singer Manufacturing Company, selected the building's site based on several characteristics. It was something like Ride Em, Sally. But not that. [94] There was a florist, a messengers' office, and a telegraph office for residents. Fiona Davis:Not a thing I loved these questions thank you so much! [173], The Dakota's board maintains a set of house rules for residents and their guests; in 2011, The New York Times characterized several of the rules as appearing "like they could have been drafted when the building opened". Henry Hardenbergh was the actual architect for the Dakota (and the Plaza Hotel and a number of other fabulous buildings), so I didnt mind having him make a cameo, but I didnt want to try to fit his life into my story. In 1985, Bailey Camden is desperate for new opportunities. The opportunity to move to America, where a person can rise above ones station. Are the ghosts of the Dakota building responsible for the curse, and why do so many residentsdie young? Henry Hardenbergh? [17][30] There are metal gates on either end of the vestibule. In my book, I hope the harrowing backdrop of the asylum makes an interesting counterpoint to luxuriousness of the Dakota. [215] Schuyler, reappraising the building in 1896, said: "The architectural results were so successful that it is a very considerable distinction to have designed the best apartment house in New York. Joey Harrow, a fellow musician, told people that he saw Lennon standing surrounded by light in the building's archway. [202] Other rules include a restriction against leaving more than one car unattended in the driveway; a prohibition on "dance, vocal or instrumental instruction" in apartments; and a restriction on playing musical instruments or using a phonograph, radio, or TV loudspeaker between 11 p.m. and 9 a.m.[202] Residents cannot throw away their apartments' original fireplace mantels or doors and must instead put them in a storage area in the basement. WebThe Dakota was constructed between 1880 and 1884 in the Renaissance Revival style and was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh for businessman Edward Cabot Clark. Numerous fans of The Beatles have gone to the Dakota to pay their respects to Lennon, some of whom walked away with ghost stories to tell. [23] The Dakota's board also voted in 1975 to ban the installation of air conditioners that protruded through the building's facade, since the LPC would have to approve every air conditioner that was installed. What are some of the challenges? 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