Discover What's Inside the Dakota's Rooftop Pyramid!

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  • People always ask me "What's Inside the Pyramid?" Well, now you're gonna find out. Let's check it out!
    0:00: 🏙️ Exploring the unique history and residents of the Dakota apartment building, including the fascinating living space of designer Ward Bennett.
    0:00: The Dakota apartment building is known for being the residence of John Lennon, but it also has a unique pyramidal structure with a strange history and diverse residents.
    1:30: Ward Bennett, a renowned designer, lived in a former servant base in the attic of the Dakota and later acquired a set of rooms within the pyramidal structure for his apartment.
    2:54: Bennett's apartment had a complex route for access, involving multiple elevators, stairs, and walking across the roof to reach the entry.
    3:40: 🏢 The video showcases the layout and interior design of Ward Bennett's apartment, featuring a minimalist and modern style.
    3:40: The apartment layout includes a studio, living room, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom, with unique features like a North facing skylight and a flag pole in the loft.
    4:56: Ward Bennett's living room had high walls, a spiral staircase, and unique furniture designed by Bennett himself.
    6:35: Ward Bennett's furniture included a granite top worktable and unique pieces made from automobile rims.
    6:35: The gallery in the apartment featured a built-in bench for displaying art and a pivoting window for fresh air.
    7:49: The apartment had various design elements such as radiators, metal subway grading, and plant and sculpture displays.
    8:18: 🏢 Explore Ward Bennett's apartment inside the pyramid structure at the top of the Dakota apartment building.
    8:18: Ward Bennett's apartment had a simplistic bedroom with a low archway to make it seem larger.
    8:58: The bathroom had a vintage bathtub and a unique shower curtain liner.
    9:22: The kitchen was sleek, efficient, and designed for entertaining.
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  • @StrangeHistoryX
    @StrangeHistoryX  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Interested in books about the architecture and history of the Dakota, Friar Park, and Tittenhurst Park? I've written a bunch about them. You can find all of them on Amazon and elsewhere. Buying my books helps support my research and productions. Thank you! tinyurl.com/DakotaHistoryCardinal

    • @mogadon7
      @mogadon7 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      John Lennon - 2 gunmen. Shot in front 4 bullets 3 coming out of his back; as per surgeon and 2 nurses. Shot inside building from 2 feet away. Security guard - Jose Perdomo (CIA), worked with Frank Sturgis - Watergate burglar.

  • @palidogs
    @palidogs 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +332

    Because the upper apartments were servant quarters they were not landmarked and could be modernized. I was a Dakota carpenter for about a decade during the 80s and 90s and did work in almost all the apartments including the pyramid. An extraordinary building. I appreciate your videos.

    • @skyelyte1699
      @skyelyte1699 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The servants were given stellar views of the city? Of course the claim is outrageous. Everything we are told about His Story is a lie. There was a massive effort of destruction of these old world buildings, along with their interiors that began at the end of the 1800s and that obsession to destroy these architectural masterpieces continues to this day. All the reasons they give us for the destruction are lies. The craftmanship from that era cannot be done today. It is truly criminal what the parasites that control old world buildings have done to destroy them.

    • @harbourdogNL
      @harbourdogNL 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      How much was it selling for in the 90s?@@hewitc

    • @palidogs
      @palidogs 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@boxsterman77 where are you located? I have boatloads of stories.

    • @jeanneganrude8549
      @jeanneganrude8549 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I think I see a friendship starting here. I love how a great building can bring people together ~

    • @Oldnoitall
      @Oldnoitall 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A wonderful time to me would be exploring huge structures ! The bigger and older the better! Says this 63 year old construction half ass carpenter!

  • @thomasahrens567
    @thomasahrens567 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +201

    I met Ward and he invited me to see his residence. The way up to his pyramid was an adventure, taking an elevator,going up stairs and across the roof to the entrance.The furnitire was low and you had a lovely view of the park,and looking east a view down Central Park West. He had beautiful art leaning against the walls or on carpeted platforms. He was a humble kind man.Some years ago the doorman told me that an architect is living there.

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      That's really cool. How fortunate of you. What year was that?

    • @thomasahrens567
      @thomasahrens567 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

      I don't remember the exact year,but it was in the late 70"s. I met Ward at a 5th Ave .home he was designing and was so so surprised when he asked me my thoughts on how to treat a steel beam in one of the rooms. I felt honored that he would ask me. Some of the features he designed for the home seemed so advanced at that time.The control panel by the bed to control window shades,lighting and the sound system, not so advanced theses days. At his home in the Dakota he had a beautiful inscribed Picasso, of course leaning against the wall.The inscription " to my friend Ward" signed Picasso.It was interesting walking on the roof and looking close up at the architecture. I remember when I arrived in the cab at the front entrance and the doorman came out and held open the cab door,how people immediately gathered around to see who it was.Were thet disappointed Lol. I so enjoy your channel and am subscribed. Thanks.

    • @jojo_inthemitten36
      @jojo_inthemitten36 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Fascinating! Thanks for sharing this. 🤩

    • @ghostmantagshome-er6pb
      @ghostmantagshome-er6pb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @thomasahrens567= BOT ACCOUNT

    • @terryf5131
      @terryf5131 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@thomasahrens567great story! Ok..I gotta ask ..if it was the late 70's..did you run into John or Yoko or Sean? What a capper to this story if you did!🏰

  • @charlotteburns7143
    @charlotteburns7143 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    My grandmother lived in the Dakota in the 50's. She sublet from Boris Karloff. She had an opportunity to buy the apartment for $17K when it went co-op but my uncle was afraid the Dakota was a fire hazard. I have so many memories of that building. I remember running into Judy Holiday in the laundry room in the basement and Eddie Albert's wife in the elevator. My grandmother used to take me up to the 9th floor to visit a friend who operated the elevator. That 9th floor was fascinating and spooky. You took an old wrought iron staircase to the roof. We saw Nikita Khrushchev in Central Park from the roof. We also saw the Macy's Parade from there. Even now, over 60 years later I can still smell the steam from the boiler in the basement and the steam vents on the street. She lived in a corner apartment on the 8th floor overlooking 72nd Street which had views looking East, South, and West. I love that song, "Watching the Wheels Go By," by John Lennon because I used to spend hours on her window seat in the bay window over looking 72nd Street watching the cars and the old 1950's taxi's going up and down the avenue. I remember her apartment overlooked the Oliver Cromwell Building. I have so so many memories of that place. I remember the elevators. The elevator driver had to adjust up and down a little before we could get out. And the room the elevator was in was a fancy little foyer with carpeting and victorian love seats. But when you went down the halls they were dark and spooky with bare lightbulbs and red light bulbs for the emergency exits. It truly was the Black Bramford. Now I don't know if this was a false memory, but I remember when you went through the arch where the doorman was and to the left towards the door to the elevator lobby there was a glass corridor like the Crystal Palace at the exhibition in Chicago, that went around the perimeter of the courtyard, to protect you from the weather. Maybe this was dismantled in the summer. In the middle of the courtyard were a couple of large fountains with ceramic calla lillies. This old building will always haunt my memories.

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Wow, those are priceless memories. Yes, indeed, all of your memories are correct. The courtyard corridor however only ran along the west side of the courtyard. I'm not exactly sure why except perhaps in the early days residents could perhaps walk down a hallway along the east side of the ground floor once they passed through the lobby in the SE quadrant. The large fountains and calla lilies are still there of course and are as amazing as ever.

    • @genevabecker8441
      @genevabecker8441 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      What a fantastically unbelieveable memory...luck you!

    • @silverstuff182
      @silverstuff182 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@charlotteburns7143 thank you, so interesting!

  • @acanarynamedrobyn4543
    @acanarynamedrobyn4543 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    I’ve been in that apartment. Ward Bennett’s partner, Calvin Morgan, was a mentor of mine when I was at design school. I got the full tour, including the studio apartment across the widow’s walk that my friend lived/worked out of as Calvin’s assistant. it is spectacular!

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Ooooh! That's cool. So the studio was in one of the other gables? Or the west side of the "Pyramid"?

    • @acanarynamedrobyn4543
      @acanarynamedrobyn4543 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@StrangeHistoryX it was in another gable, facing on to 72nd. the main apartment they called penthouse A, the studio they called penthouse B. they would walk across the roof from A to B.

  • @kevinbirge2130
    @kevinbirge2130 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    The Dakota is easily the most beautiful building in America. Living there would be ecstasy.

  • @Ntyler01mil
    @Ntyler01mil 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    That spiral staircase is the most elegant death trap that I've ever seen.

    • @nancyeaton731
      @nancyeaton731 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I wondered how they got the furniture up there for the study. I also wondered how he managed just to get any amount of groceries upstairs to his kitchen, with all the flights of stairs and outside walk (which in inclement weather must have been not so great). Otherwise I loved the apartment!

  • @Majoofi
    @Majoofi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    I hope you might do an episode about the restaurant you mentioned. I'd love to see the menu.

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Seriously? Okay! I can do that. I actually dd one once before but it was audio only. I think. It was so long ago. But, yeah, I can do a video. I do have menus!

    • @Majoofi
      @Majoofi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@StrangeHistoryX Wow. That so nice.

    • @gerardbyrnes5780
      @gerardbyrnes5780 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@StrangeHistoryX Would definitely watch that!

  • @HAL-xy3om
    @HAL-xy3om หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Nice show!

  • @marquamfurniture
    @marquamfurniture 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The glory of stylish bohemianism. What a fabulous dwelling. Romantic AF.

  • @ragemodels
    @ragemodels 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    This was really fascinating and so well done !! He was a true design visionary !!! He converted a Victorian space Into an Avant-garde Futuristic ( for his time) & Minimalist Heaven !!! Bravo @strangehistoryX!!!👏👏👏

  • @ireneelia58
    @ireneelia58 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Loved your video and shots of a tight and quirky space. Long ago I was in the Dakota apartment of Jan de Ruth. A great contrast: huge rooms with high ceilings and wall space for all the full length portraits he’d painted of the famous fashion models sans clothes! Abundant light and amusement.

  • @kaykiekid
    @kaykiekid 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I can see why John Lennon fell in love with this building. Looks like a large London loft. Wow, wonderful structure! 😊❤ Must be heavenly up there!

  • @cecelo6651
    @cecelo6651 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    my favorite apartment building of ALL time!

  • @retroredo9850
    @retroredo9850 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Love the additional information about the Dakota. I didnt know much about it until Lauren Bacall's apartment was put up for sale after her death and they had photos inside! I love architecture. Grew up in a larger city in 60s that had so many interesting buildings. Department stores had floors with elevator operater saying 5th floor men's wear etc. Family gradually made its way more so to Southern California so it was all falt malls. But in every city Ive lived in Ive always graduated to all the old downtown areas no matter how small. I lived in several old converted Victorian buildings in a downtown art district until I met my first, last love of my life and now in high desert area. But it has its own cowboy, mining, petroglyph, ancient history. I will have to check out your other videos. Im also English major so....
    Its ray-diator because heat radiates from it like rays of the sun. Not Rad-iate. I think because its straight line as in radius of a circle? Im straining my brain. Let me go get the root word definitions. But like you dont pronounce just the word ray as rah, you dont say rahdiator....here is the definition from root latin root words.......radiator1610s, "issue or spread in all directions from a point in rays or straight lines," from Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare "to beam, shine, gleam; make beaming," from radius "beam of light; spoke of a wheel" (see radius).

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I honestly had no idea there would be so much interest in the Dakota itself. All most people care about is John Lennon's association. But there is soooo much more to know, so I'll keep pumpin' out the videos about it. :)

  • @alextaylor3815
    @alextaylor3815 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    What a great video!!! Wonder who lives in it now?

  • @kfed6214
    @kfed6214 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This guy had CLASS !!!!

  • @LL-bl8hd
    @LL-bl8hd 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Ward Bennett's apartment was incredible! The views from the skylight were spectacular! I never knew that was at the top of the Dakota. It must have been simply amazing living there and looking down at everything going on in the city.

    • @BrianCarnevaleB26
      @BrianCarnevaleB26 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A Gothic Revival with a side of Victorian but at the same time looks old French!

  • @jerishuntington7202
    @jerishuntington7202 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    What an absolutely fabulous apartment ... I would *love* to live there today! I would love to know what this apartment would list for today!

  • @angelomariano9494
    @angelomariano9494 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    ROSEMARY BABY is what comes to mind when I see the Dakota.

  • @Jettypilelegs
    @Jettypilelegs 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The algorithm gave me this and what an unexpected and wonderful surprise! Subbed for more. I’m fascinated by rooftops and rooftop rooms.

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Welcome aboard! Thankfully, the Algorithm has been very kind to me lately. :)

  • @thedawneffect
    @thedawneffect 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow! That was unexpected! Thank you!!!!!

  • @Candyliz2003
    @Candyliz2003 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    "Rosemary's Baby" was set at the Dakota. It was called The Bramford building.
    Whilst filming and production was primarily completed in Hollywood, the Dakota was the setting for the *spoiler alert*
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    coven of witches and warlocks.

    • @maggiemae7539
      @maggiemae7539 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If anyone lived there didn’t they have to be one?

  • @mobrien7128
    @mobrien7128 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A beautiful apartment!

  • @barbaraobrien3522
    @barbaraobrien3522 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    THANK YOU FOR THIS INFO, WELL DONE, B.☆☆☆☆☆

  • @ernakruger1112
    @ernakruger1112 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a beauty, a dream indeed!

  • @davidarundel6187
    @davidarundel6187 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    A really interesting save to live in , despite the access issues - it's one way to help ensure you weren't distrubed to often .

  • @Battlestar31164
    @Battlestar31164 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Wow! Super thanks ✨ 🙏🏼 ✨ I have always been fascinated by Old World architecture and what creative people have done to create a home within. Thanks again.

  • @robertocapelan436
    @robertocapelan436 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Very cool space. And great video.

  • @FuneraryGirl
    @FuneraryGirl 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    What an absolutely stunning space. He created a wonderful home.

  • @jamesinbaltimore5487
    @jamesinbaltimore5487 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Thanks for the video. I've loved the Dakota since Rosemary's Baby. I pronounce it "ray dee ay tr". Their clanging is a happy sound to me (I live in a 130+ year old house, so it's part of winter).

    • @frizzlefry1921
      @frizzlefry1921 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You might have some air in the system? Have you bled then lately, there's always a bit of noise when they first warm up or cool down but you knew that I'm sure.

  • @LucyLennon20
    @LucyLennon20 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    👏Bravo! Absolutely fabulous presentation. Thanks, muchly!
    Greetings from Pennsylvania🙋‍♀️🇺🇲 we say: Ray deators here.

  • @lilsheba1
    @lilsheba1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Nice VIDEO and some great PHOTOS.

  • @markperry4536
    @markperry4536 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Fabulous apartment! Thanks for creating this.

  • @melindadouglas1673
    @melindadouglas1673 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    What a fascinating man Ward must have been! Thank you for sharing his story and the quirky, interesting apartment at the top
    of the Dakota!

  • @uhar2411
    @uhar2411 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So stylish, love it.

  • @marloflanagan7421
    @marloflanagan7421 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When I think of the Dakota, I think of Rosemary's Baby. The apartment candy in that movie was AMAZING!

  • @davidkoenig8592
    @davidkoenig8592 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I watch this video and I can turn my head and see one of my photos of the Dakota on my office wall. I love that building, visited there many times when I am in the city.. That is such a great "modern" space in an old building. Smart choices all around. Subscribing now.

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thanks for being a Dakota fan, and fir subscribing. I appreciate it.

  • @gavinbolton-ou6tv
    @gavinbolton-ou6tv 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Wow, Dakota has always been a subject of fascination for me. It felt as if I had gone back in time and was resident in the building. Great video, keep it up.

  • @2509498788
    @2509498788 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very interesting

  • @darthnihilus511
    @darthnihilus511 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Amazing. I am a happy subscriber!

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for subbing! I am happy to have you here.

  • @zondrabarricks4666
    @zondrabarricks4666 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love it…thank you for the photos and explanations…terrific!

  • @OldSchoolFireAlarms
    @OldSchoolFireAlarms 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Your love and passion for this historical building is quite obvious. Because of that and your work and production of these wonderful videos, I for one believe that the management and/or owners of the Dakota should allow you to live there rent free.

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      From your words ... to the Dakota's ears. :)

    • @lornamyers9247
      @lornamyers9247 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I absolutely agree! What a fascinating, revealing tour!

    • @timothyhennon1878
      @timothyhennon1878 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      There is no shortage of people willing to pay crazy prices for any unit in the building already. His lack of publicity would not decrease the demand for a place in this building. It is not like there are empty units going begging for buyers. No apartment in this building will ever be given away for any reason. Dream idea, nice as it is.

  • @andrearoden713
    @andrearoden713 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Such an amazing building. You should do a video about the Smith tower in Seattle, Washington. It's a historical building that was built in 1914. At one point it was the tallest building on the West Coast. It has a pyramid like apartment at the very top and it's amazing. If you've never seen it, I definitely recommend checking it out.

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I will check it out. Thank you.

  • @shelleybentz6150
    @shelleybentz6150 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Yes, I'd totally live there and I love the Dakota building.

  • @domn415
    @domn415 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Whenever I am in New York City I have to walk by the Dakata House just to see it. I have always wondered what was in the Pyramid at the top of the Dakota beneath the flag pole....Thank you so much for making this video and letting us know... If I had unlimited funds, I would most definitely live in the Dakota....especially in the Pyramid! I will be looking forward to your next video!

  • @delvana111
    @delvana111 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    super presentation

  • @sidneyfox4625
    @sidneyfox4625 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    absolutely wonderful episode…so interesting! You do a great job, thank you! ❤❤❤❤

  • @stardresser1
    @stardresser1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You are my new favorite channel!

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ooooooh. Thank you! I appreciste that.

  • @avalon1108
    @avalon1108 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Great video. The man was way ahead of his time.

  • @margaretleboeuf6765
    @margaretleboeuf6765 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a great job you've done showcasing the architecture in the Dakota.
    I suspect there are many others who would also like more on the Dakota.
    Thank you!

  • @jochildress5003
    @jochildress5003 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    RAY di ators. I don’t think anyone says it the other way. Fascinating and amazing video. Loved the design and want to live in it!

  • @JoeBlow-fp5ng
    @JoeBlow-fp5ng 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very cool.

  • @dianakardum6150
    @dianakardum6150 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That is a super place! I have acrophobia so I may not be able to live there! It’s beautiful! Thank you!

  • @bboggs1277
    @bboggs1277 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Another great video, thanks!

  • @WaKincaid
    @WaKincaid 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What a privilege to have a well spoken guide take me to this unusual space atop the storied Dakota .

  • @CathyS_Bx
    @CathyS_Bx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    An original modernist, for sure. And, yes: I would live in that space in a heartbeat!

    • @Delilah70
      @Delilah70 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think any one of us who are reading this would love to live in that apartment. I wonder what the rent is now? Lol, I know it was quite a while ago but I gotta laugh at what his original rent in his original unit was. Loved this video

  • @markthompson180
    @markthompson180 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I LOVE it. I'd definitely live in a place like that. Thanks for putting the video together!

  • @jerrysacct
    @jerrysacct 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank you for such an informative and romantic reveal of a design master’s personal retreat!
    Wonderful and I look forward to hearing and seeing additional spaces.

  • @sadewolfkitten
    @sadewolfkitten 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Must admit, that was not what I was expecting based on the exterior. But what a chic space! Still looks absolutely contemporary and I'm guessing those photos are at least fifty years old. Btw, I've only ever heard it pronounced RAYdiator - ditto the words radiate and radiation. Nothing 'rad' about that!

    • @MarinCipollina
      @MarinCipollina 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      During the 1970s there was a hard rock station (I can't remember which one or which DJ talked about his being "on the rahd-io"..

  • @barryjacobs8524
    @barryjacobs8524 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What a great video. It is such a beautiful building. I must find out more about it. Rosemarys Baby was shot in there. Thankyou. 😊

  • @bluesdragon42
    @bluesdragon42 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thoroughly enjoyed your presentation.👍

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Many thanks! I appreciate it.

  • @opencurtin
    @opencurtin 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Its such an iconic building . I love your videos on the Dakota , thanks for making them .

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad you like them! Many more to come. Thank you so much for watching.

  • @johnvassos82
    @johnvassos82 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Amazing! I think this is may favourite one. Thank You.

  • @seviregis7441
    @seviregis7441 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Such an innovative thinker, all these years later, his style is super popular in modern design.

  • @HarborLinz
    @HarborLinz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Another fascinating video! Thank you!!!

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for checking it out. I appreciate your being here, my friend. :)

  • @rebeccaainslie4637
    @rebeccaainslie4637 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He was decades ahead of the rest of the world! Very attractive digs!

  • @frederickcombs8661
    @frederickcombs8661 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great voice for narrating this fascinating story from an era of interesting people.

  • @hrhargyll
    @hrhargyll 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fabulous!

  • @kathernhodson6037
    @kathernhodson6037 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you for sharing. Love this, Ward Bennett was an awesome visionary. Nice job...k

  • @Misses-Hippy
    @Misses-Hippy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That was very interesting. Thank you.

  • @lancefron1
    @lancefron1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you. i've always been fascinated by the Dakota, and this was very enlightening.

  • @sifridbassoon
    @sifridbassoon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fascinating! I had never heard of him.

  • @sanddabz5635
    @sanddabz5635 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This was just fantastic, thank you so much for bringing us to us and taking us along!
    I am very interested in things like this and it's really neat to have it explained to me and shown to me. But I do have one question, is anyone living in it today?
    Happy New Year to you!

  • @hollynorris957
    @hollynorris957 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I love the Dakota even though it’s the place where my only true hero died. Also I love the way you ended the video and would like to add one thing. It’s not just dogs and cats. I many shelters are some beautiful rabbits who are the best pet you could ever have.

  • @cristinesaunders2428
    @cristinesaunders2428 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very nice Strange History! I was living in NYC back in 1969 until 1974. I loved that building as I am a fan of Architecture, since my father was an Architect of note back in his day, said to have rated up with the likes of Frank Llyod Wright. I remember him always mentioning Frank Llyod I used to live on West 80 First Street right off Central Park West. I always walked in Central Park, and passed that lovely Archectrual Building..It holds ghosts of things past, and they never leave.

  • @LindyK
    @LindyK 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Excellent! Great space.

  • @josephconsoli4128
    @josephconsoli4128 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Very good. That building will always fascinate me.

  • @asm2404
    @asm2404 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Man, that was interesting! I really enjoyed this video, thank you so much 💗 Merry Christmas from me, my 3 cats and the doggie ⛄

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Merry Christmas to you and your furry family. :)

  • @patrickpagano9
    @patrickpagano9 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I would DEFINITELY live there !! Great video

  • @jennywallis65
    @jennywallis65 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This bldg is iconic, it has always fascinated me since I read about it in a book many years ago. Very gothic style, amazing, great video!

  • @debbralehrman5957
    @debbralehrman5957 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very interesting. Thanks for this inside look
    and history of top of the Dakota.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @Danuta628
    @Danuta628 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am completely floored ! These images have to be taken in the 1970’s. This is that total vibe I remember from when I was kid growing up in the 70’s. Now this is the look I have tried my best to recreate today from memory. What an amazing space. Like a whole separate universe from my absolute favorite building in NYC -
    Thank you for sharing!! 🔝🔝🔝🔝‼️

  • @nancyeaton731
    @nancyeaton731 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Leonard Bernstein had an apartment there too, and I remember a video showing the interior, around the time he passed away. It was like a beautiful library.

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I produced a video about his apartment. It's her eon my channel. Kindly check it out. I hope you enjoy it.

  • @annacavallaro8958
    @annacavallaro8958 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A wonderful piece of history, so enjoyed it
    Is it still in the building

  • @buddhahoo1
    @buddhahoo1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for a view into this cool space.

  • @jrpeet
    @jrpeet 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It's very cool. Much appeciated

  • @aquariusmoon771
    @aquariusmoon771 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love your content, LOVE your parting message!!!

  • @chriscrocker5369
    @chriscrocker5369 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This might be my favorite of all your Dakota videos. Fascinating space and a fascinating man to envision it’s potential.

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for checking it out. I appreciate it.

  • @nunyabidness117
    @nunyabidness117 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Amazing apartment.

  • @Advillin
    @Advillin 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really enjoyed this presentation thank you.

  • @-Mark_F
    @-Mark_F 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very cool vid. Very interesting building and apartment dweller.

  • @archiechoke23
    @archiechoke23 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Interesting video

  • @tapecase
    @tapecase 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you for sharing your archival lagacy of this remarkable building. It is a gift of cultural literacy. 🍃

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate them. Stay tuned for more.

  • @andreaschadeck5596
    @andreaschadeck5596 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is incredible

  • @juliemartin6280
    @juliemartin6280 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing amazing , I’m curious about the light/ air. shaft running thru the building and would love to know more about it. IM OBSESSED WITH THIS BUILDING and YOUR VIDEOS
    Thank you!!!!

  • @KirkMaxson
    @KirkMaxson 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    great content!

  • @shannonschneeberger2613
    @shannonschneeberger2613 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fabulous Space!!!❤

  • @monicameza8944
    @monicameza8944 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This place is magical ✨. Thank you for sharing. What a visionary.

  • @Delilah70
    @Delilah70 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This video was amazing! I've always wondered what all the little turrets and doorways, including the Pyramid, were on the roof of the Dakota. Dear channel master, do you have any other information on this? Thanks so much, for this and all your great video content on this iconic building.