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View from the Central Park Reservoir
Famous residents of the San Remo apartments included Diane Arbus, Harold Arlen, John Barrymore, Bono, Eddie Cantor, Glenn Close, Jack Dempsey, Rita Hayworth, Dustin Hoffman, Mick Jagger, Barry Manilow, Steve Martin, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Mary Tyler Moore, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Spielberg, Isaac Stern, and Tiger Woods.
I wonder if any other private residential building housed so many different celebrated people.
the Dakota?
Good call, Pearl! According to ever-reliable Wikipedia, the Dakota’s residents included Lauren Bacall, Leonard Bernstein, Rosemary Clooney, Bob Crewe , Jose Ferrer, Roberta Flack, Judy Garland, Lillian Gish, Judy Holliday, William Inge, Boris Karloff, John Lennon, Joe Namath, Rudolf Nureyev, Rosie O’Donnell, Jack Palance, Gilda Radner, Jason Robards, Paul Simon, and Theresa Wright. Wow!
pretty sure that Yoko Ono still lives there. Their board meetings were held at the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue on W. 72 St.
oops the synagogue is on W. 70 St…