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By Daniel Edward Rosen 11/15/11 11:20am

Ian Schrager shares Steve Jobs' obsession with detail.

Ian Schrager’s PUBLIC Display of Affection

Hotel legend Ian Schrager announced yesterday that his newly-formed PUBLIC brand will be teaming up with residential developers Durst Fetner Residential to launch a new hotel/rental apartment hybrid on 855 Sixth Avenue. Called PUBLIC New York, the 250-plus key New York hotel will be Mr. Schrager’s second site in his PUBLIC brand since unveiling PUBLIC Chicago in September. The building will also feature 60,000 square feet of retail and 315 rental apartments. Fresh from a recent trip to Chicago, Mr. Schrager spoke with The Commercial Observer yesterday about the design of PUBLIC New York, the status of the Clock Tower building, and his love for all things Apple and Trader Joe’s.

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By Matt Chaban 4/21/11 7:48pm

Manhattan Transfers

Thriller at the Dakota! Harlan Coben’s Discounted Duplex

They parked on a lot on Seventy-first and walked to the Dakota. The Dakota remains one of New York's premier buildings, though it's still best known for John Lennon's assassination. A fresh bouquet of roses marked the spot where his body had fallen. Myron always felt a little weird crossing over it, as if he Read More

By Matt Chaban 2/04/11 6:40pm

Troubling Developments

The Dakota’s Downward Spiral: Another Banker Embroiled at Storied Co-op

It has not been a great week for the Dakota.

The famous Central Park West co-op where John Lennon was murdered became embroiled in a lawsuit earlier this week accusing the Dakota's board of discrimination against some of its residents, particularly former board chair Alphonse Fletcher Jr., who brought the suit in part because he was Read More

By Matt Chaban 2/02/11 7:12pm

Troubling Developments

Perhaps the Old Nepalese-Butler Defense for the Dakota

Imagine all the people, living life in peace... well, not at the Dakota.

A city-shattering lawsuit has been filed by Wall Street tycoon Alphonse Fletcher Jr. alleging that the board of the storied Central Park West co-op has a grave history of discriminating against not only applicants but owners like Fletcher, who has two apartments Read More

By Matt Chaban 1/21/11 2:24pm

Intruder Alert

Ono! Tourist Sneaks Into Dakota, Spooks Yoko

Thirty years ago, John Lennon was gunned down outside his Central Park West home, so it stands to reason the Dakota would have decent security.

Apparently not, as Yoko Ono bumped into a Korean tourist who had snuck into the building to snap pictures on the roof. (It is pretty picturesque up there.)

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By Matt Chaban 12/07/10 4:09pm

Red Carpet Real Estate

John and Yoko Almost Moved to the Suburbs

Tomorrow marks the 30th Anniversary of John Lennon's death, and kicking off an undoubtedly suffocating media blitz, The Times has a nifty real estate story on what it was like living in John Lennon's Dakota.

The article is full of reminiscence from the likes of Paul Goldberger (nobody liked Yoko), Roberta Flack (the love between Read More

By Amanda Julius 7/19/10 3:29pm

Fun With City Records

In Deed! $13 M. Dakota Buy

— Charlie Palmer, four-time Michelin star winner and the restauranteur behind the Upper East Side’s Aureole, has purchased a $1.5 million apartment in the Devonshire House building on 28 East 10th Street. Mr. Palmer will be moving a few floors up from New York’s own mad scientist.

— Jacqueline Bikoff of metal imports Read More

By Molly Fischer 3:02pm

Upstairs/Downstairs

Dakota Board Will Consider Butler-Turned-Neighbor

The Dakota's co-op board will permit Indra Tamang—the butler who inherited two apartments—to apply for residence, reports The Wall Street Journal.

According to the board:

"We at The Dakota are proud that for many years ours has been an extraordinarily diverse community of residents," the statement said.

It noted that Mr. Tamang, who has worked at Read More

By Chloe Malle 5/12/10 2:26pm

Price Chopped by Half, Giant Dakota Spread in Contract for $11.5 M.

Awful things happen in every apartment house," said Rosemary Woodhouse (a pixie-cut Mia Farrow) of the Dakota in Roman Polanski's 1968 thriller Rosemary's Baby. The film helped make the Central Park West co-op the most legendary apartment house in New York. And, like Ms. Farrow said, awful things do happen in every apartment house, Read More

By Chloe Malle 5/05/10 8:38pm

Giant Dakota Apartment in Contract

"Awful things happen in every apartment house," said Rosemary Woodhouse (played by a pixie-cut Mia Farrow) of The Dakota in Roman Polanski's thriller, Rosemary's Baby. The film, set in the Central Park West gothic-gabled property, helped make the exclusive co-op the most legendary apartment house in New York City. And, like Ms. Farrow said, awful Read More

By Leigh Kamping-Carder 11/20/08 1:15pm

Cracking The $5 M. Zip Code

The Manhattan zip code with the greatest number of home sales of at least $5 million this year has been 10023 on the Upper West Side. (Research site PropertyShark mined the data based on closed deals through Oct. 17.) No surprise, since the area includes 15 Central Park West and the Time Warner Center. Read More

By Irina Aleksander 9/22/08 6:05pm

Lindsay Lohan Wants to Move Into the Dakota, But Will the Dakota Oblige? [UPDATE]

When the Henry Janeway Hardenbergh architecture firm designed The Dakota in 1880, we bet they didn't imagine that 128 years later a certain troubled young woman named Lindsay Lohan might call the place home. According to News of the World, 22-year-old Ms. Lohan, a Long Island native, has been eyeing a $4.6 million Read More

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The Dakota

Ian Schrager’s PUBLIC Display of Affection

Thriller at the Dakota! Harlan Coben’s Discounted Duplex

The Dakota’s Downward Spiral: Another Banker Embroiled at Storied Co-op

Perhaps the Old Nepalese-Butler Defense for the Dakota

Ono! Tourist Sneaks Into Dakota, Spooks Yoko

John and Yoko Almost Moved to the Suburbs

In Deed! $13 M. Dakota Buy

Dakota Board Will Consider Butler-Turned-Neighbor

Price Chopped by Half, Giant Dakota Spread in Contract for $11.5 M.

Giant Dakota Apartment in Contract

Cracking The $5 M. Zip Code

Lindsay Lohan Wants to Move Into the Dakota, But Will the Dakota Oblige? [UPDATE]

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