Discover What's Inside the Dakota's Rooftop Pyramid!
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- Опубликовано: 14 дек 2023
- 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.
10:18: Encouragement to support the channel and adopt a plant-based diet for compassion and health.
10:44: Encouragement to adopt a cat or dog from a local shelter.
Recap for • Discover What's Inside... by Tammy AI
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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.
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.
How much was it selling for in the 90s?@@hewitc
@@boxsterman77 where are you located? I have boatloads of stories.
I think I see a friendship starting here. I love how a great building can bring people together ~
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!
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.
That's really cool. How fortunate of you. What year was that?
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.
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing this. 🤩
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@@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!🏰
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!
Ooooh! That's cool. So the studio was in one of the other gables? Or the west side of the "Pyramid"?
@@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.
The Dakota is easily the most beautiful building in America. Living there would be ecstasy.
That spiral staircase is the most elegant death trap that I've ever seen.
The glory of stylish bohemianism. What a fabulous dwelling. Romantic AF.
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.
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.
I can imagine the Logistics involved creating his apartment .
The convoluted journey to the Roof must have filled every guest with fantastical anticipation .
The walk across the Roof in all types of Weather must have been something .
Especially to those with fear of Heights .
High Heels would be regretted instantly , I think 😅
I would have enjoyed that experience greatly ❤
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!!!👏👏👏
I hope you might do an episode about the restaurant you mentioned. I'd love to see the menu.
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!
@@StrangeHistoryX Wow. That so nice.
@@StrangeHistoryX Would definitely watch that!
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!
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).
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. :)
What an absolutely fabulous apartment ... I would *love* to live there today! I would love to know what this apartment would list for today!
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.
A Gothic Revival with a side of Victorian but at the same time looks old French!
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.
"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.
If anyone lived there didn’t they have to be one?
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!
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.
I will check it out. Thank you.
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!
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"..
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!
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.
👏Bravo! Absolutely fabulous presentation. Thanks, muchly!
Greetings from Pennsylvania🙋♀️🇺🇲 we say: Ray deators here.
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).
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.
absolutely wonderful episode…so interesting! You do a great job, thank you! ❤❤❤❤
A really interesting save to live in , despite the access issues - it's one way to help ensure you weren't distrubed to often .
The algorithm gave me this and what an unexpected and wonderful surprise! Subbed for more. I’m fascinated by rooftops and rooftop rooms.
Welcome aboard! Thankfully, the Algorithm has been very kind to me lately. :)
This guy had CLASS !!!!
What an absolutely stunning space. He created a wonderful home.
Thoroughly enjoyed your presentation.👍
Many thanks! I appreciate it.
Great video. The man was way ahead of his time.
He was decades ahead of the rest of the world! Very attractive digs!
my favorite apartment building of ALL time!
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.
very very cool! Thank you for sharing! ❤🧡❤ Well Wishes for you and yours.
Very cool vid. Very interesting building and apartment dweller.
That was very interesting. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Amazing! I think this is may favourite one. Thank You.
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!
An original modernist, for sure. And, yes: I would live in that space in a heartbeat!
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
Thank you for sharing. Love this, Ward Bennett was an awesome visionary. Nice job...k
Really enjoyed this presentation thank you.
Such an innovative thinker, all these years later, his style is super popular in modern design.
What a great video!!! Wonder who lives in it now?
Very good. That building will always fascinate me.
Gilda Radner bought her condo in the Dakota for $150,000 in the late 1970s. The "pyramidal" structure is called
A Framed and it really should be referred to as such. The rooms are like attics in one family homes because of the angled walls. Two A frames on either side could run the length of the building/house with a large room between them. The back of the structure could also be A framed. Most buildings and homes were and are walk-ups because the angled walls, A frames, are the top of the building.
"What's Inside the Dakota's A Frame" would not in a million years get over 100,000 views. Trust me, I know exactly what I'm doing. :)
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Wouldn't think you don't - Getting hits is what it is.
As a New Yorker of 67 yrs, trust me. Ain't nobody refer to The Dakota as a Pyramidal structure.
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.
That is a super place! I have acrophobia so I may not be able to live there! It’s beautiful! Thank you!
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.
From your words ... to the Dakota's ears. :)
I absolutely agree! What a fascinating, revealing tour!
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.
Thanks for the tour
What a privilege to have a well spoken guide take me to this unusual space atop the storied Dakota .
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.
Thanks for being a Dakota fan, and fir subscribing. I appreciate it.
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.
I LOVE it. I'd definitely live in a place like that. Thanks for putting the video together!
THANK YOU FOR THIS INFO, WELL DONE, B.☆☆☆☆☆
What a fascinating and magical structure. Ive been to NYC more than a dozen times and have never seen the Dakota. Next time.
I went to NY not too long ago. I HAD to traverse Central Park and make my way to see this building. Incredible, for sure!
Very cool space. And great video.
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!! 🔝🔝🔝🔝‼️
Its such an iconic building . I love your videos on the Dakota , thanks for making them .
Glad you like them! Many more to come. Thank you so much for watching.
What a wonderful use of space. And what a view!
Fabulous Space!!!❤
I discovered the Dakota when I read Stephen Birmingham's book. Very interesting.
Yes, I'd totally live there and I love the Dakota building.
¡Muy interesante, gracias por compartir y por las excelentes recomendaciones al final!
Very cool thx u!
Glad you like it!
Beautiful apartment
Thank you for sharing your archival lagacy of this remarkable building. It is a gift of cultural literacy. 🍃
Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate them. Stay tuned for more.
I remember Jobriath lived in the pyramid on the Chelsea and claimed that pyramid power helped his music and kept his razor blades sharp
You are my new favorite channel!
Ooooooh. Thank you! I appreciste that.
Thank you all for watching the videos and a HUGE THANK YOU for those who support the channel as a RUclips Members and especially on Patreon. Just as little as $5 a month helps the channel tremendously!!! Please click here: www.patreon.com/StrangeHistory Thank you! 🙂
So stylish, love it.
Another great video, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
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!
super presentation
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!
Another fascinating video! Thank you!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for checking it out. I appreciate your being here, my friend. :)
Where I grew up in The Bronx, we said, "radiator" with the first "a" being a short vowel.
Fabulous!
Wht an Amazing Apartment who wouldn't want to live there...Your videos are Wonderful & thank you for mentioning tht Animals are our Friends Not Food 🐓🐖🐄
Thank you. i've always been fascinated by the Dakota, and this was very enlightening.
Fascinating! I had never heard of him.
Very interesting. Thanks for this inside look
and history of top of the Dakota.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I have dreams about spaces like this.
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!
The San Remo is a few blocks north on Central Park West. It has two iconic towers with full penthouse apartments. Bono of U2 fame owns one. I know because I worked in construction in that building in 2003. I'd like to see a story on that building.
I love the San Remo. Bono bought Steve Jobs old apt, I believe. I think I did a video on the San Remo. I don't remember. I should check. If not, I'll do one. Thanks for mentioning it.
Thank You!
Your videos are AWESOME! I Have always been fascinated and incredibly interested in the Dakota apartments and your work on these presentations are nothing short of wonderful! THANKS!
Thank you very much. Very kind of you to say.
What a great video. It is such a beautiful building. I must find out more about it. Rosemarys Baby was shot in there. Thankyou. 😊
Wow! Thank you !
What a beautiful use of space!!!
It's very cool. Much appeciated
This is incredible
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.
Man, that was interesting! I really enjoyed this video, thank you so much 💗 Merry Christmas from me, my 3 cats and the doggie ⛄
Merry Christmas to you and your furry family. :)
I would DEFINITELY live there !! Great video
Ward Bennett's apartment is like my dream home. But I wonder what heating was like during the winter. Was it drafty? ray-diators lol
Amazing. I am a happy subscriber!
Thanks for subbing! I am happy to have you here.
A wonderful piece of history, so enjoyed it
Is it still in the building
Lauren Bacall lived and died there as well . Such an amazing x marks the spot