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

3.0

First book I think I have read about a building and quite a good read I must say. Somewhat dated since it was written so long ago, but interesting nonetheless. What an absolutely beautiful building in a fabulous location! I guess I learned a lot about the NY social scene and politics in this book because I guess this was a (and to some still is) terrible location. I love the history of the price here, the workers here, the menus, the elevators, those that live on the top floors etc. The catty fighting of the residents was my least favorite part of the book. I don't care a whole lot about stars, politicians and the like now and what they fought about in this building oh-so-long-ago really is of very little interest to me. But I guess that is all part of the history of the building.