Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address by Stephen Birmingham

3.24 AVERAGE

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4.0
The first half of this book was excellent! It gave a pretty good detailed history of New York City in the 1800s and 1900s, as well as how the Dakota building came to be, the men involved and the history of that building moving forward. The second half of the book was incredibly detailed information about tenants, mysterious and difficult situations and pieces of letters and Diaries from the tenants. The second part it wasn't my favorite... But that's just me. I would absolutely recommend the first 80 pages of the book!