The Dakota: A History of the World's Best-Known Apartment Building

by Andrew Alpern

The Dakota is arguably the best-known residential address in the world, home to dozens of New York City's most famous artists, performers, and successful executives. The rare sale of an apartment there, usually at jaw-dropping prices, is newsworthy, as is the financial and architectural health of the building itself, a landmark in every sense of the word.

The first true luxury apartment house built in New York City, more than 130 years ago,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616894377
• ISBN13: 9781616894375
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.3" x 11.2"