The Dakota at 1 West 72nd St. #78

THE DAKOTA – Apartment 78.

Legendary, Iconic, words used to describe the most famous, most exclusive building in New York, THE DAKOTA. Those same words can be used to describe its most famous Lady of Song, Roberta Flack, multi Grammy winner, whose music has been the accompaniment to the times of our lives. This living Legend has resided at this historic landmark The Dakota for almsot 40 years. Here is an exceptional opportunity for those who want to own at The Dakota. A rare chance to acquire a historic residence, in a legendary building, from an Iconic Star. Apartment 78 – granduer with 40 years of musical genius having filled these rooms. It consists of two bedrooms, two baths, with large flowing floorplan. Four fireplaces, 12 ft. ceilings, A 36 × 24 ft living room for memorable entertaining, entrance foyer, corridor, ample closet storage, exquisite arched windows with historic moldings.

THE DAKOTA, a Victorian Era German Renaissance Co-op apartment building located on the northwest corner of 72nd and Central Park West. Gabled and turreted, The Dakota is a square structure with an arched Porte Cochere leading to a central courtyard that served as a turnaround for horse-drawn carriages that once entered and allowed passengers to disembark sheltered from the weather.

Constructed between Oct 25, 1880 and Oct 27, 1884 The Dakota is considered to be one of, if not the most prestigious and exclusive building in New York.

The architectural firm of Henry Janeway Hardenbergh was comissioned to create the design for Edward Clark, Head of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. The firm also designed The Plaza Hotel.

The buildings high Gables and deep roofs with a profusion of dormers, terracotta spanderels and panels, niches, balconies, and balustrades give it a North German Renaissance character. According to legend The Dakota was so named because at the time it was built (1880), the Upper West Side of Manhattan was sparsely inhabited and considered as remote as the Dakota territory.

High above the 72nd st entrance, a figure of a Dakota Indian keeps watch.

THE DAKOTA was designated a New York City Landmark in 1969. In 1976 the building was added to the national register of historic places and recognized as a historic landmark.
The general layout of the apartments is in the french style of the period, with all major rooms not only connected to each other in enfilade, in the traditional way,but also accessible from a hall or corridor, an arrangement that allows a natural migration for guests from one room to another, especially on festive occasions, yet gives service staff discreet seperate circulation patterns that offer service access to the main rooms. The principal rooms, such as parlors or master bedrooms face the street while the Dining room, Kitchen, and other auxiliary rooms are oriented toward the courtyard. Apartments thus are aired from two sides. For the high society of Manhattan it has always been the most fashionable, the most desired, most exclusive, most sought after residence, THE DAKOTA.

To live at THE DAKOTA, is to be in rare company