Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual AddressThis social history 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. The book covers tenants such as the Gustav Schirmers, Boris Karloff, Judy Holliday and Lauren Bacall. |
Contents
An Era of Upholstery | 3 |
But Not for the Gentry | 11 |
Clark and Singer | 21 |
The Architect | 33 |
East Side West Side | 42 |
Snobs in Reverse | 56 |
Class vs Cult | 63 |
8 Spooks | 73 |
Nuts and Bolts | 127 |
FIVE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS | 137 |
The Park | 139 |
Dust | 152 |
Winnies World | 167 |
Old Guard vs New | 175 |
The Palace Revolution | 187 |
High Noon | 197 |
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