There are in thousands of corners of the world a large number of buildings that may arouse little interest if it were not for the fact that very important historical events for history have taken place in them. In the dakota building, in the city of New York, the leader of The Beatles was assassinated, John Lennon.
The Dakota is located at 72nd Street and Central Park. Its construction dates from the year 1880 under a very striking French-style architecture, and in its beginnings the famous building was located at a great distance from downtown New York. With the passage of time, Manhattan and New York grew and with it the properties and thus characters, celebrities and wealthy citizens began to occupy the departments of the Dakota.
However, the event that marked the history of the Dakota took place on December 8, 1980. On that day, a certain mark chapman He surprised the leader of the Liverpool group when he arrived at the building where he lived accompanied by his girlfriend Yoko Ono. Without giving time to anything, Chapman murdered Lennon with four shots to the back causing him death in front of his girlfriend moments later.
From that day on, the myth of John Lennon and the Dakota became one of the buildings in Manhattan that receives the most tourists every year.
It seems that the owners of the Dakota are upset by the countless visits from fans, since that place has become a mandatory pilgrimage, as many of Lennon's fans prefer to go there, than to visit Liverpool.
Even being fans, who wouldn't want to have an apartment in that place, even if it's a small room?