Life at the Dakota, by Stephen Dakota (HC, 1979, $2.50)
"This is the social history which describes the lives of the rich and trendy who lived at the Dakota, a NY apartment house daringly erected in 1884, "too far up" and on the wrong side of town." Boris Karloff, Judy Holliday, Leonard Bernstein, John Lennon and Lauren Bacall all lived there. Even Tchaikovsky was a guest there. From Tchaikovsky to Lennon, now that covers a lot of territory. And these were just the celebrities. Most of the stories in this book are about the more "normal" inhabitants, even if "normal" didn't really mean normal. Read about them here.
Look for it on the new non-fiction table, avail. 12/7.
