Edward Clark of the Singer sewing machine fortune built this in 1884 at 72nd Street when the Upper West Side was still shanties and open lots; the story that people joked it was as remote as the Dakota Territory is probably retroactive, but the name stuck. Henry Hardenbergh gave it a moat, gables and 14-foot ceilings. Rosemary''s Baby was filmed at the entrance. Leonard Bernstein, Judy Garland, Lauren Bacall and Boris Karloff lived here, and the co-op board''s rejections are legendary. John Lennon was shot in the archway on December 8, 1980; Yoko Ono still lives in the building. Strawberry Fields is across the street.
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The Dakota
So far uptown people joked it was in Dakota territory; John Lennon's home.
New York, NY 10023
Community memory · Aug 3, 2026
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