Life at the Dakota : New York's most unusual address / Stephen Birmingham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birmingham, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes.

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

Manners and customs.

Social classes--New York (State)--New York.

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

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

x, 243 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Syracuse University Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1996.

Summary:

Life at the Dakota is a deliciously entertaining social history that describes the lives of the rich and trendy who have lived at the Dakota - a New York apartment house daringly erected in 1884, "too far up" and on the wrong side of town. This story has the fabulous characters, sharp insights, and captivating anecdotes of Stephen Birmingham's earlier works, and the atmosphere of the elegant Dakota is so powerful that the building itself becomes an unforgettable major character. The Gustav Schirmers were among the early tenants. Others such as Boris Karloff, Judy Holliday, Leonard Bernstein, and and Lauren Bacall would follow. In this edition the author has included an afterword on John Lennon's murder at the Dakota.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Random House, 1979. With new afterword.

Includes index.

ISBN:

081560338X

OCLC:

33897458