Alpern, Andrew.

The Dakota : A History of the World's Best-Known Apartment Building / by Andrew Alpern ; with contributions by Christopher S. Gray and photographs by Kenneth G. Grant. - viii, 193 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Includes index.

Apartment Houses: historically and around the time of the Dakota -- 2 Apartment Hotels: A hybrid form of residence -- The Builder of the Dakota: Edward Clark -- The Architect of the Dakota: Henry Janeway Hardenbergh -- The Upper West Side -- Apartment floor plans leading up to the Dakota -- Construction of the Dakota -- Floor plans of the Dakota and Modern Photographs -- Early Residents of the Dakota -- Aftermath of the Dakota -- The Clark Family after the Dakota -- The Dakota as Icon -- The Dakota in Print -- Dakota Apartments and their Residents -- Keeping the Dakota in Good Repair.

9781616894375


Clark, Edward, 1811-1882.
Hardenbergh, H. J. 1847-1918.


Dakota, The (New York, N.Y.)--History.


ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential.


Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

NA7862.N5 / A47 2015

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