Fantastic Photos! Lauren Bacall's Beautiful Dakota Apartment, NYC.

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  • čas přidán 14. 11. 2023
  • In this video, we'll take a look at some of my favorite photos of Lauren Bacall's Dakota Apartment on the 4th floor of one of the most famous and recognizable buildings in New York City.
    Not just the home of John Lennon, the Dakota Apartment Building is an iconic part of the history of New York City. Be sure to check out the Dakota Apartment Building when you're in New York!
    0:29: ! This video showcases photos of Lauren Bacall's apartment in the Dakota building in New York City.
    2:35: 💼 Lauren Bacall's apartment in the Dakota building was a co-op that she owned until her death in 2014.
    4:58: 🏢 The video discusses the layout of the Dakota building and Lauren's living quarters.
    7:12: 🏢 This video showcases the features and layout of an apartment in the Dakota building.
    10:50: 🏢 Lauren Mall's incredible apartment in the Dakota building with a view of Central Park.
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  • @johnhampton7287
    @johnhampton7287 Před 6 měsíci +796

    In my business / professional career I worked somewhat closely with a man who lived, together with his wife, in the Dakota. On afternoon, in the nineties, while sitting in a hotel bar in Los Angeles waiting for a car to take us to the airport, I asked him if he knew Lauren Bacall. He said that he didn’t really know her, but, given they lived in the same building, was a acquainted with her. The he said, “You know John, when I see her in the hallway and she says (mimicking a throaty voice”) Hello Barrie, even though she’s 20 years older than I am, my knees just buckle”.

    • @mendyboio3917
      @mendyboio3917 Před 6 měsíci +21

      Good for you!

    • @janawall3306
      @janawall3306 Před 6 měsíci +56

      Now THAT'S sexy!

    • @btbb3726
      @btbb3726 Před 6 měsíci +1

      That’s sad.

    • @eileengleeson7851
      @eileengleeson7851 Před 6 měsíci +67

      A Natural beauty with down to earth sexyness no fillers Botox . She had it all ❤❤❤

    • @hestergreen2031
      @hestergreen2031 Před 6 měsíci +38

      She a lovely woman. Extremely talented actress.

  • @cassandraelliot7878
    @cassandraelliot7878 Před 6 měsíci +111

    Lauren Bacall came up to me when I worked in a dress shop in South Hampton. I thought she looked familiar, but I did not realize who she was. We discussed young women choosing not to wear bras. After she left, the other sales girls grabbed me saying, "That was Lauren Bacall!"

    • @reneeg4817
      @reneeg4817 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Lol. That's funny.

    • @susien7323
      @susien7323 Před 4 měsíci +1

      When I stayed at the Dakota back in the early 90s as a guest, I spoke with the night guard every night as I would get in just after midnight. They talked about the other famous people that lived there and told me that when one of the long timeguests passed away. He had a horse drawn carriage pull out the compound. I want to say it was Leonard Bernstein, but I don’t remember for sure I do recall it was a famous composer. Bernstein lived in the Dakota building from 1975 until his death in 1990. That sounds about correct because I believe I stayed there in 1991.

  • @mikeonfreeserve2926
    @mikeonfreeserve2926 Před 6 měsíci +58

    My word, she was gorgeous. ............those eyes!

  • @MPam1619
    @MPam1619 Před 6 měsíci +30

    That apartment building is from an era of unchecked opulence that is no more. Now, apartment buildings go up and come down in the blink of an eye and they're not made to last. Thanks for an inside view.

  • @sarahfulvio
    @sarahfulvio Před 6 měsíci +103

    Amongst the Billionaire’s stark, somewhat cold, high rises of today, it’s a pleasure to step back to where simple elegance, beautiful architecture and lifelong memories create a space for such an endearing Hollywood legend we can remember fondly for the rest of our days.

  • @ludovica8221
    @ludovica8221 Před 6 měsíci +167

    I think her home is charming, To all those who dont like knick knacks and objets d'art try to remember that her own first priority was that she was a wife, mother and stepmother and being a "style icon" came way down the list, It looks like a comfortable home with lots of interesting things to look at to me. My dear friend Alan Merrill had this memory of her
    "I had a few good friends at McBurney School. One kid who lived on my block, and was in my class was Jason Robards Jr., a nice kid. He lived on the corner next to Central Park in the Dakota on West 72nd Street with his dad and stepmother, actors Jason Robards, and Lauren Bacall.
    Lauren almost ran me over once as I walked up 72nd Street toward Central Park. She was driving Jason Jr. somewhere, and after she nearly hit me, Jason waved hello. Bacall was both livid and puzzled. How did Jason know this bizarre looking kid with the long hair and the cape? I could see him explain, and her face relaxed. She had a very expressive face.
    Years later, when I was in London with the group Meat Loaf, I went to lunch with my friend, the model Marie Helvin at San Lorenzo in Beauchamp Place. Marie and I were talking, and out of the blue, Lauren Bacall leaned over our table and started talking to the designer Valentino at the next table.
    "Hi Mrs. Robards" I said, wondering if she would remember.
    "Do I know you?" she said in a friendly way.
    "I'm the guy you almost ran over! You know, the hippie kid from McBurney? Jason and I were in the same class at school".
    Her face lit up, and she happily filled me in on Jason's adult adventures. It was nice seeing her again."
    ~AlanMerrill~

  • @wifeofkhan9375
    @wifeofkhan9375 Před 6 měsíci +196

    I was in her apartment a few times many years ago because she was a friend of my (former) boss. That building is just wow - in every way. I love looking in people’s houses.

    • @Xane_Dragon
      @Xane_Dragon Před 5 měsíci +3

      Well I live in a house that was built in 1913. We want 750k for it 😂

    • @joannmartir2167
      @joannmartir2167 Před 5 měsíci +5

      People get arrested for that, just sayin, lol, also I’m kidding, I also like seeing people’s houses, Merry Christmas 🎄

    • @MTMF.london
      @MTMF.london Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@artby1285 She was Betty from the Bronx. She did not put on airs and graces nor "interior designed" her home to impress others. She lived the way she wanted to live, a very comfortable and cozy place.

    • @y-c840
      @y-c840 Před 4 měsíci +2

      ​@@artby1285but that's what makes it her home, she was surrounded by things that she admired and probably, many of those things would hold personal memories, so it doesn't matter if anyone else liked it and that's exactly how a home should be, whether it's minimalist or eccentric, rented or bought, doesn't matter , it's how you make it your own.

    • @SandySaunders9142
      @SandySaunders9142 Před 3 měsíci

      I believe it! I also enjoy looking at people's homes, very fine homes. I love seeing how they live, even the little things!

  • @mousiebrown1747
    @mousiebrown1747 Před 6 měsíci +80

    Somehow it makes me happy that the great Lauren Bacall surrounded herself with art, sculpture, and just little items that altho eclectic must have greatly appealed to her. The decor is both brave and inviting.

    • @molliebean
      @molliebean Před měsícem

      Back in the Seventies Betty went overseas for a film. Her son Stephen decide to have a party with a few friends. It ended up being over 100 people. Someone called Betty and told her and she called Stephen and told him he better get all those people out of her home immediately. When she arrived back home she found not one thing was broken or stolen from her home. Never happen these days!

  • @julieclayton-west624
    @julieclayton-west624 Před 6 měsíci +33

    Lauren and the Dakota were so well suited, both stunningly beautiful.

  • @susien7323
    @susien7323 Před 6 měsíci +27

    Back in the 90s I stayed at the Dakota for a couple of weeks as a guest. If you can, I can tell you there was that really long covered walkway if you walk into the courtyard it was on the left-hand side. You can see it in Rosemarys baby. What I can tell you is because it’s the east coast and rain and snow and such people weren’t freely walking through the compound I walked under that covered thing, so I didn’t have to drag my luggage into the courtyard. I also would walk in every night and say hello to the guards at the right. From there, I would go directly into the hallway of the first floor and walk around it without having to cut through the courtyard. That I did at midnight. I was there I think in October because in the beginning the central fountain is Cala lilies, but then that is put away for the winter time. The other thing I remember is an entire parking garage underneath. There were so many cameras, watching everything to make sure people were not being disturbed, the recycle and trash was put out at that basement floor level. At the time I smoke cigarettes and I was staying in a non-smoking apartment so I would creep downstairs and have a cigarette with the guys that were working. Beautiful beautiful building and I do remember when I would cut through the courtyard seeing Yoko in her window, but if I didn’t cut through the courtyard and I just went through the hallway past the guard, there was a little brass plate on the Lennon/Ono door. Every morning I would sit in the kitchen facing the courtyard and it reminded me of the movie rear window all of these different windows, different apartments with people conducting business and experience. I’ll never forget the building I truly have always loved.

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  Před 6 měsíci +11

      Yeah, that covered walkway! I actually talked a lot more about that but edited it out so I wouldn't bore anyone. It's a mystery why it wasn't on both sides. What floor did you stay on? Ground floor? I want to go into that basement and the roof. Perhaps someday I will. I daydream about stuff like that. It's soooo cool that you stayed there. Much awesomenenss!

    • @elizabethturel78
      @elizabethturel78 Před 6 měsíci +7

      Thank you for your story❣️

    • @susien7323
      @susien7323 Před 6 měsíci +6

      @@StrangeHistoryX I always carried a camera 📷 and have pictures somewhere. I walked under the covered thing just so everyone in the courtyard didn’t have to see me pulling Rolling Luggage. The other thing I thought was really cool is the back stairs if you’re going from one apartment to the next it’s like cast iron, circular for the maids and nannies. I did know that back in the old days the upstairs was maids and nanny quarters. I stayed there for two weeks and had my own apartment! It was connected to the main apartment on the first floor but the one I stayed in was downstairs so when I went out to have a cigarette I ran in to all the guys that worked underground, where all the cars were parked And everybody’s recycle was out with their name and apartment number on it. Pretty fascinating. I do recall that the guys worked with in a cage made out of chain-link fence and within the cage were cameras everywhere to keep people safe

    • @susien7323
      @susien7323 Před 6 měsíci +5

      @@StrangeHistoryX every night when I came home and walked in and chatted with the night guards I would cut through the hallways and I was able to get to my apartment. You don’t need those separate walkways
      The other thing I remember was a Post-it note reminder to wake up Sean Lennon, he was about 15 or 16.

  • @AnitaRose2212
    @AnitaRose2212 Před 6 měsíci +28

    I inadvertently bumped into Ms Bacall in the mid 1980s. She was so gracious and breathtakingly beautiful. Her dress, jewellery, hair and make-up looked like she had just stepped off a film set. I am not at all surprised that her apartment in the Dakota was exquisite.

  • @CarolAnn-gh9fl
    @CarolAnn-gh9fl Před 6 měsíci +207

    It’s interesting that a woman who’s personal style was so minimalist, had knick knacks all over the place. Every wall and surface covered in memories.

    • @tigergreg8
      @tigergreg8 Před 6 měsíci +30

      People like her are given tons of gifts, and from what I hear about her, she'd be the type to display it, not throw it.

    • @auapplemac2441
      @auapplemac2441 Před 6 měsíci +44

      As large as large as the apartment is, all those things made me feel claustrophobic.

    • @cathynewyork7918
      @cathynewyork7918 Před 6 měsíci +10

      @@auapplemac2441 Me too! I would have had only about a third of that stuff displayed.

    • @johnpinion8033
      @johnpinion8033 Před 6 měsíci +19

      Well, when a space is so large and echoy, there is a need to bring it down to a human scale to feel comfortable.

    • @MariaAyub-ma-sentient24
      @MariaAyub-ma-sentient24 Před 6 měsíci +10

      And I thought I had stuff...

  • @Lynda-oo7ey
    @Lynda-oo7ey Před 6 měsíci +32

    As a young woman,I lived 2 blocks away from the building.I saw Lauren several times.She was a beautiful woman.

    • @anomardolphin
      @anomardolphin Před 6 měsíci +10

      When I was about 20 around 1968, I was crossing Central Park and lo and behold Lauren Bacall was walking straight towards me with a very handsome young man (probably her son?). It was shocking see her face not four feet from my own. And it was impossible not to instantly note the beauty and casual class she exuded. I'm sure she was familiar with the sort of double take I did as New Yorkers of the time no matter how humble their own origins would have known her face from film and tv screens. 😎I am trying to become a graceful and elegant old woman too. Wish me luck.

  • @ivanhicks887
    @ivanhicks887 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I am 91 - My Wife was the Best ! Lauren Bacall - was like my Wife so she was kind of close - Fascinating !

  • @tamedshrew235
    @tamedshrew235 Před 4 měsíci +3

    If i were rolling in dough i would definitely buy that apartment. So full of life as opposed to the present day steel and glass.

  • @mu8554
    @mu8554 Před měsícem +2

    Now I know why i always liked Lauren Bacall, she had incredible taste.

  • @-LivingProof
    @-LivingProof Před 4 měsíci +3

    Lauren sure had a type. And what a spectacular building. I couldn't even imagine living in such a fabulous space. Sigh...

  • @bjamo8738
    @bjamo8738 Před 6 měsíci +121

    Love her home, her style - not pretentious just pure class, understated elegance, absolutely nothing fake or put on. Her wonderful eclectic furniture, so rustic some refined, yet all seamless. The artwork is to swoon over.

    • @VelveteenRabbit77
      @VelveteenRabbit77 Před 6 měsíci +4

      I agree it’s just that I didn’t expect this. No reall Regis rugs or drapes and very understated fabrics I just somehow expected more glamour. More opulence. But must understand the era she was at her peak in. And the art oh my!

    • @Xane_Dragon
      @Xane_Dragon Před 5 měsíci

      Artwork looks like a teenager drew it 😂
      If you want brilliance look at Banksy

    • @MTMF.london
      @MTMF.london Před 4 měsíci

      @@Xane_Dragon Banksy? 🤣

  • @cathykrueger4899
    @cathykrueger4899 Před 6 měsíci +174

    Thank you for this. I fell in love with the Dakota after reading a book about it. This was a rare privilege to see the interior. Her eclectic style was captivating. She obviously used what she loved and not what an interior designer might have. Just eye candy and such a treat.

  • @flutelady101
    @flutelady101 Před 6 měsíci +42

    My daughter lives on W 78th. I just got back last week from visiting, and I walked passed the Dakota several times. I have often wondered about what it's like inside, as it is a majestic building to see. The gas lamps are always lit in front....very cool.

    • @HarborLinz
      @HarborLinz Před 6 měsíci +6

      My immature brain immediately thought it would be funny to have the "Leg Lamp" from A Christmas Story, just to add some levity once a year. 🤦🏼‍♀️😂💁‍♀️

    • @erikh9991
      @erikh9991 Před 6 měsíci +2

      The movie Rosemary's Baby has some scenes filmed there.

    • @denisethompson3819
      @denisethompson3819 Před 6 měsíci +1

      I hope it is well maintained. It is a very decorative building. I think nicer than the New York block systems. Not a cram them in, give them less and charge them more. Like a city toilet block.

    • @oneseeker2
      @oneseeker2 Před 6 měsíci

      I think I've gone as far as 80th, once, by accident, I Bangkok in Chelsea area, I love that neighborhood.

  • @flashflame4952
    @flashflame4952 Před 6 měsíci +39

    Having been inside the Dakota a number of times, the apartments are all different of course but the ceilings are so high you need a pole with a small hook to open them from the top. The elevators are done in a red Chinese style with seats inside of them. The apartments that I've been in are MASSSIVE! You cannot hear someone from one room to the next...

    • @roccosims
      @roccosims Před 6 měsíci

      LOL I thought the same thing....are you opening the ceilings? I assumed it was the windows she was referring@@busterbiloxi3833

    • @helenespaulding7562
      @helenespaulding7562 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@busterbiloxi3833those high windows I assume

  • @johannasaninocencio7458
    @johannasaninocencio7458 Před 6 měsíci +39

    I would love to know more about Lauren’s art collection. I definitely saw at least one Miro and a Chagall.

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  Před 6 měsíci +17

      That's an interesting idea. Others have asked the same. I might tackle that. :)

    • @jmtubeme
      @jmtubeme Před 6 měsíci +4

      yes! I was thinking the same thing, Chagall, and also Henry Moore if I'm not mistaken!@@StrangeHistoryX

    • @7Lokimom
      @7Lokimom Před 5 měsíci +2

      I don't have a huge knowledge of art, but her taste...Oh! Plus I spied one of her neighbor, John Lennon's sketches of Yoko and himself on the wall. (at 7:00 in)

    • @classicalaid1
      @classicalaid1 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@jmtubeme Yes there were a number of Henry Moore prints. I knew Moore, from Much Haddam, England.

  • @clarity9405
    @clarity9405 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I've been fascinated with the Dakota since watching Rosemary's Baby. I thought it would be an amazing place to live. I really appreciate this closer look!

  • @glorias6517
    @glorias6517 Před 6 měsíci +18

    “To Have and Have Not”
    One of my favorite movies.

  • @jenerous76
    @jenerous76 Před 6 měsíci +22

    I love the study📚.... especially that fireplace🔥!! What an incredible apartment! I don't know Lauren's films well, and I didn't know about her marriages💍to other famous actors. My grandpa was married to an actress once (she had small roles on TV📺 shows such as I Love Lucy, The Beverly Hillbillies, and The Colegate Comedy Hour with Dean Martin...and she starred in a few films too). He was married to the actress (Jil) before she scored her movie roles and TV appearances. She wrote him a "Dear John letter" ✉️ during WWII, when he was overseas. Poor Grandpa👴.....but lucky☘️ me..... because he later met my Grandma👵and started a family.
    I enjoyed that tour around the layout of the Dakota apartment. I like when you use the red arrows on the plans....it really helps me understand the layout so much better. You're very thorough.👍

  • @carolefreeman2544
    @carolefreeman2544 Před 6 měsíci +90

    “To Have and Have Not” was one of my favourite movies and I have often quoted Lauren Bacall’s famous line in the movie. I was such a fan of Lauren Bacall for as long as I can remember and Bogie too! In fact I named two of my earlier cats who have now deceased “Bogie” a boy and “Bacall” his sister.

    • @ruthanngalt7402
      @ruthanngalt7402 Před 6 měsíci +5

      I love this movie, too.

    • @cathynewyork7918
      @cathynewyork7918 Před 6 měsíci +16

      I wore a Frank Sinatra T-shirt to an autograph session at a Los Angeles bookstore where Lauren Bacall was signing her book. I had planned to try to get "a reaction" out of her when she saw my Frank Sinatra shirt since she had such a history with Mr. Sinatra, not all of it good. However ---- I covered my shirt up with my jacket after observing her meeting and greeting fans in the line. She was more gracious and kind than any other celebrity I had ever seen at that bookstore. She was NOT snobbish, not condescending, just humble and kind and lovely, and took extra time with a young woman in a wheelchair. I had no idea that Lauren Bacall was that kind and lovely, since she was a big movie star. I never let her see my Sinatra shirt. She was just too nice to annoy!

    • @karlabritfeld7104
      @karlabritfeld7104 Před 6 měsíci +5

      Sounds like she had it all.

    • @mchapman132
      @mchapman132 Před 6 měsíci +8

      @@cathynewyork7918 - Ms. Bacall dodged a bullet (not literally) by not marrying Sinatra. She was too refined for him.

    • @MsMerised
      @MsMerised Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@cathynewyork7918 Love this♡

  • @joepoplar9831
    @joepoplar9831 Před 3 měsíci +3

    L Bacall an all-time beauty,what a gorgeous apartment,two classics.

  • @shannahlambertjalamah1415
    @shannahlambertjalamah1415 Před 6 měsíci +57

    I live in Brasil, and everytime I get to NYC, I visit the Dakota Building in honour of John Lennon.
    As a matter of fact, in Rio de Janeiro Brasil, there is a building that was created as a kind of replica of the Dakota building, in Flamengo, and it's named as Seabra building; and it was built in 1931.❤BRASIL❤

    • @kaioiamo1503
      @kaioiamo1503 Před 6 měsíci +3

      How wonderful! ❤

    • @oneseeker2
      @oneseeker2 Před 6 měsíci

      I travel to NYC once, twice a year, I've never once thought about going to the Dakota, don't know why, I stay in Chelsea, and settled there! Of course I always hoped to run into Joan Didion other writers, if I ever ran into anyone, I didn't notice, not that I go looking.

    • @utahdan231
      @utahdan231 Před 4 měsíci

      You won’t get inside. Only viewing from the street.

  • @riefujimoto4279
    @riefujimoto4279 Před 5 měsíci +4

    her apartment is stunning and the younger Lauren Bacall was just as Stunning! Rest in Peace LB

  • @sharonbowers9929
    @sharonbowers9929 Před 6 měsíci +7

    Lauren was an old soul in her youth. She appreciated quality and serenity.

  • @jobskinner833
    @jobskinner833 Před 6 měsíci +14

    She decorates in the same manner as I do. I display the things I love, not what is conforming or trendy.

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  Před 6 měsíci +2

      Yep, I agree, as it should be. We all should be surrounded by that which shuttles us back to fond memories.

  • @karenolson4000
    @karenolson4000 Před 6 měsíci +16

    You can tell that Lauren Bacall's art work is really high quality.

  • @beawild
    @beawild Před 6 měsíci +99

    Magnificent apartment, and as elegant as its former owner. I had a friend that lived at the Dakota for some time. I always found the courtyard and common areas creepy at night, but her apt. was beautiful.

    • @mardiwolfe2600
      @mardiwolfe2600 Před 6 měsíci +9

      Tartaria building. Ghosts of previous civilization probably float around.

    • @Chutney1luv
      @Chutney1luv Před 6 měsíci +3

      @mardiwolfe2600 Oh yes! I heard that it was haunted! The ghost loved it, too!

    • @MTMF.london
      @MTMF.london Před 4 měsíci

      @@mardiwolfe2600 Then ghosts would be everywhere in the world.

  • @johnmccadden7121
    @johnmccadden7121 Před 6 měsíci +60

    I can understand why there might not be images of the bathrooms but I always think bathrooms, old and new-large and small, show the true luxury of a living space. It's the place where water runs freely and privacy reigns. I guess if you have a pool you achieve a closer sense to our human origins because you're also in sunlight. Still, bathrooms are my favorite place in a home.

    • @henrimatisse7481
      @henrimatisse7481 Před 6 měsíci +7

      yes the opulence of the bathrooms with space and built in storage is a measure of wealth

  • @valentinapenta2715
    @valentinapenta2715 Před 6 měsíci +91

    Betty certainly had eclectic taste and jammed every inch of her apartment with art, sculpture, and various tshatshkes. Her collection fetched $3.64 million at auction in 2015 a year after her death.

    • @mendyboio3917
      @mendyboio3917 Před 6 měsíci +17

      I loved seeing her art collection in this video. Thank you for the extra information about it. As a fan, she seemed like a lovely person. I'm happy the auction did so well for her family and possibly her/their charities.

    • @karlabritfeld7104
      @karlabritfeld7104 Před 6 měsíci

      Did she do anything to help those less fortunate than herself??

    • @valentinapenta2715
      @valentinapenta2715 Před 6 měsíci

      '@@karlabritfeld7104 I don' think so. She did leave $15,000 to her maid and $20,000 to her assistant. The rest of her estate ($26 million) went to her children and grandchildren. Funny thing she awarded $10,000 for the continuing care of her dog, with the money going to one of her sons to be used on the dog’s behalf.

    • @mchapman132
      @mchapman132 Před 6 měsíci +4

      @@karlabritfeld7104 - She was known for her significant philanthropic work with numerous charities.

    • @frankcheers7529
      @frankcheers7529 Před 6 měsíci +2

      According to her will, she left her housekeeper a nice sum of money. The housekeeper wasn't expecting that.

  • @lonestar1637
    @lonestar1637 Před 6 měsíci +16

    As graceful and elegant as Bacall herself.

  • @gingerpenley949
    @gingerpenley949 Před 6 měsíci +10

    Such a gorgeous building and I LOVE her apartment!!!

  • @darleneclark1030
    @darleneclark1030 Před 4 měsíci +5

    In the 1970s I was at circle in the square for a play and at intermission was waiting on line for the ladies room( I THINK it was circle in the square..anyway up walked Lauren Bacall and Maureen Stapleton..Bacall asks me if I know which way the Men’s room is,so I answered her and Stapleton says “c’mon Betty we’ll go there they’.ll let us in I’m not waitin 15 mins. For this one” Bacall politely says thank you and I’m standing there IN shock having witnessed this exchange…and THATS why I live in NYC!!!

  • @swansong5263
    @swansong5263 Před 6 měsíci +2

    I met this fine lady whilst working at Heathrow airport.
    I remember her husky voice, charming !
    She was gracious.

  • @InFltSvc
    @InFltSvc Před 3 měsíci +2

    I miss her. She was an amazing woman and left us with great treasures of her talent that will endure. And her jewelry was stunning.

  • @roxyabrooks864
    @roxyabrooks864 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Every time I see the Dakota, I say to myself, "WELCOME TO THE BRAM!!"
    "Rosemarys Baby" made this building sinister to me as a child, and I never grew out of that notion.

  • @pleasantdre
    @pleasantdre Před 6 měsíci +10

    Wow this apartment isn't anything that I would have believed and/or thought about Bacall. Her personal style to me seemed to be very elegant, minimalist and straightforward (strong). While her home tells a totally different story. None of the glitz and glam of that superstar, self-confident front. Although her home tells us of a very confident story. She has a lot of African Art, picture and portraits of muted colors with a lot of heavy wooden furnishings that haw-kin back to an olden era. More of a adventurous, scholar-ed decor. It's beautiful in a different way. It's tell the story of a person closer to earth than star actress. I love seeing this home it changed my understanding of this great actress.

    • @zangerrans4004
      @zangerrans4004 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Most of her close friends were of a more scholarly bent. She was a longtime friend of Arthur Schlesinger (well known liberal historian) and married Bogart at the home of Lois Bromfield (a blue blooded author from Boston).

  • @marionmarino1616
    @marionmarino1616 Před 6 měsíci +52

    Magnificent! LOVE how she puts her feet on the antique furniture.

    • @jobskinner833
      @jobskinner833 Před 6 měsíci +5

      Not just her feet, but her shoes too.

    • @tiqh1806
      @tiqh1806 Před 6 měsíci +1

      I believe that was just for the photo and if she was a dancer may not have had the prettiest feet, and normally she would have been afraid to rip the fabric if she put her shoes on it.

    • @helenespaulding7562
      @helenespaulding7562 Před 6 měsíci

      @@tiqh1806one can hope

  • @Brian-uy2tj
    @Brian-uy2tj Před 4 měsíci +15

    It was really beautiful and everything was in such good taste. The woodwork was beautiful, the decorations, the furniture, everything.

  • @cherylb2008
    @cherylb2008 Před 6 měsíci +25

    Always a fantasy of mine,
    To live at The Dakota.
    I felt that way after seeing photos of John Lennon’s apartment when he was alive.
    Even though the photos were limited,
    You could see how special it was.
    Lauren did well buying there, and she stayed there until passing away, as she wished.
    She had wonderful sentimental memories and objects. Really enjoyed seeing this.

    • @ljlou5746
      @ljlou5746 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Absolutely loved her home. Homey and eclectic.

  • @MsCripplex
    @MsCripplex Před 6 měsíci +7

    Beautiful home, it must have been amazing to live there! I wish I had that type of space. I’m severely disabled and know just seeing it was fantastic for me. Thanks for sharing your experience, be safe!

  • @angelareminiscenza6233
    @angelareminiscenza6233 Před 3 měsíci +2

    She was just beautiful!!!❤❤❤

  • @uwsgrrrl9981
    @uwsgrrrl9981 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Walking on Central Park West home to West 75th Street, I would see Lauren Bacall with family members on Fridays on the way to Synagogue. This was in the 90’s. I was always in awe

  • @semperfidelis1550
    @semperfidelis1550 Před 6 měsíci +7

    I love the fact that it has not been renovated, it has that classic charm you hope to find in a 150yo building…👏👏👏

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  Před 6 měsíci +10

      Yep, me too. That is why I wanted to talk to her all those years ago. She was a Traditionalist, unlike others who have moved in and renovated the spaces to be like SOHO Apartments. She loved the history of the Dakota. She was a wonderful, classy, smart, and creative lady.

  • @Kate42
    @Kate42 Před 6 měsíci +43

    I was always drawn to Lauren's style of dress and manner. I told myself if I could go back in time I would dress just like she did, sophisticated and elegant. I always also felt she was more like me than other women in the 40s and 50s and now I know why. She was born the same month and the same day as I was. We're Virgos. She is just the best actress and person ever.

    • @DrummingMan1
      @DrummingMan1 Před 6 měsíci +2

      God bless you dear one!

    • @higgme1ster
      @higgme1ster Před 6 měsíci +6

      That is fantastic that you share her birthday. My story is that I was born to the day, one hundred years after Vincent Van Gogh. Since the third grade, inspired by my teacher, I wanted to be an artist. I took art courses through school and into college but flunked out and forgot about an Art career.. A year later, I got married, enlisted in the USAF where I learned to be a telecommunications technician and eventually retired from Verizon. I have been an Art aficionado, but the only thing I did was a good charcoal drawing of my beautiful bride but that was 49 years ago.

    • @timeforturtles
      @timeforturtles Před 3 měsíci +1

      I love her style too. Was it Ralph Lauren who said, (and I paraphrase) Style is one thing, fashion another. (or something like that) I love that last shot of her in the clip because it shows her true beauty as she aged! How lovely! I don’t know anything about the fact if she had cosmetic surgery work done, but I feel disappointed at times to see those that chose to continually modify themselves to look “younger”. I wonder what they wdve looked like had they aged gracefully and naturally. ❤

  • @lisakalfus4706
    @lisakalfus4706 Před 6 měsíci +11

    Used to visit the Dakota to do hair color for another famous lady. The size and scale, width and breadth of the rooms are indeed breathtaking. Though the common areas and staircase are extremely Victorian/creepy, dark and foreboding.

  • @laurae2793
    @laurae2793 Před 4 měsíci +3

    What a delightful video!

  • @javierorozco7518
    @javierorozco7518 Před 6 měsíci +6

    To have and have not." She was flawless in the film. She was my idol since I was fifteen years old in the early 80's. I got to meet her through work , speak with her a few times, brief and few , however to meet her was a dream come true, unexpectedly. I would have never imagined ever happening . The thought would have been preposterous, impossible, simply insane . I was 19 years old. Years later, I received an autographed photograph which I still keep. Thank you for sharing this video.

  • @deingirl1183
    @deingirl1183 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I remembered her. Classy lady. She was the classic beautiful heart of New York

  • @deloreshook1387
    @deloreshook1387 Před 6 měsíci +19

    The apartment is stunning 😍.

  • @bryanspindle4455
    @bryanspindle4455 Před 6 měsíci +8

    The apartment is stunning. Much better than those cold bland modern highrise apartments. One room is the size of most NYC apartments that rent for thousands a month.

  • @barbararoberts1418
    @barbararoberts1418 Před 4 měsíci +3

    One of my favorite things to do is to look at all different types of properties online. I watch a plethora of home related shows. So I'm surprised that I haven't come across your channel sooner. But, I'm happy to have found you now. I enjoyed this video immensely. It was very well done. And what I appreciated most was your commentary at the end about animals. I currently have 3 rescued cats and one dog, with plans to adopt another senior dog soon. Very soon. So, God bless you for that and thank you for this very enjoyable video!

  • @christoph404
    @christoph404 Před 6 měsíci +13

    very interesting tour of Miss Bacall's apartment and inside views of the Dakota. I've visited NYC three times, its quite a trip from my home in Scotland, I've always been fascinated by the building. I think it has always been an expensive building to live in, that monthly service charge is eye watering, nearly $150k per year, that equates to $3 million if you live there for 20 years, but if you can afford the price of the apartment then the service charge is small potatoes I guess. I just wonder how an out of work actor and his unemployed wife could afford to live there in 1968....Guy Woodhouse and Rosemary I'm talking about. 😜

    • @LilyGazou
      @LilyGazou Před 6 měsíci +3

      A deal with Mr Splitfoot 😆

    • @joejones9520
      @joejones9520 Před 6 měsíci +2

      "Well, that's where the money is, isnt it? Commercials?"

  • @501rivet
    @501rivet Před 6 měsíci +14

    While Laurens lifestyle at the Dakota was impressive, let me say, we all have the opportunity to tap into our relative lifestyle desires if we focus on what gives us true pleasure through life. Its obvious Lauren personally enjoyed whatever it was about the Dakota to have stayed there for almost 60 years. Her surroundings also suggest very personal collections and surroundings providing her with the security and visual pleasure she aspired to own. How rewarding she must have felt, day after day.

    • @dottiebaker6623
      @dottiebaker6623 Před 6 měsíci +2

      When I read statements like, "We all have the opportunity to tap into our relative lifestlye desires if we focus on what gives us true pleasure through life", I'm dumbfounded. I wonder if I'm completely misunderstanding the statement or if you truly don't understand the extent of poverty in this country. If I were a 16 year old single mother without a college degree, I could tap into my lifestyle desires and focus on what gives me pleasure from now 'til the cows come home, but it won't happen. I'll be lucky to have a roof over my head and a bit of food to give my child.

    • @nonino1644
      @nonino1644 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@dottiebaker6623 well said

    • @bobbiebenson8671
      @bobbiebenson8671 Před 5 měsíci

      I really enjoy your perceptive quote,
      "we all have the opportunity...

  • @TinaHooper-hq8lu
    @TinaHooper-hq8lu Před 5 měsíci +3

    Gorgeous apartment !
    The line was from the movie
    "To have and have not ".
    Lauren Bacall was a class act.
    She was one of the best.

  • @southhillfarm2795
    @southhillfarm2795 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Beautiful. She aged well and so did her apartment. Cozy rooms.

  • @marilynmckenzie2111
    @marilynmckenzie2111 Před 6 měsíci +20

    Thank you for sharing this apt viewing! Beautiful and so many fireplaces! 🧑🏻‍🦰🇨🇦

  • @loril.mangold8160
    @loril.mangold8160 Před 5 měsíci +2

    She was always so Classy,

  • @angelbunnyoftheuniverse
    @angelbunnyoftheuniverse Před 6 měsíci +10

    I think it's such an appropriate film title for this video too...for us collectors, maximalist design, antique and architecture/interiors lovers...I have NEVER seen inside the Dakota, how happy I am to find your account today. TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, one of my fave vintage films. As a young actor my Mother knew my love of Bacall and took me to see her Broadway hit, Woman of the Year. A thrill of a lifetime...this was fantastic, thank you!

  • @juanitafurtado8805
    @juanitafurtado8805 Před 6 měsíci +15

    Thank you for this lovely tour. I lived 1 block south of the Dakota in NY in the 60's in a far less grand apartment. I was lucky enough to see Ms Bacall one time, not in the neighborhood, but at Rockefeller Center, wheel she was coming in for an interview at NBC where i worked. She looked Beautiful and elegant.

  • @undertheyarrowbear
    @undertheyarrowbear Před 4 měsíci +3

    My favorite thing about these old magnificent buildings is how the builders thought to make the "first floor" half underground. Its amazing how the windows are basically half buried in all these old structures. Not to mention on a slope! So instead of building on level ground, they built the structures on a slope and half underground....just amazing!! All this with horse and buggy, no quarries in site, no back hoe, no power tools, nothing but grit. Quick, shut down critical thinking skills...now. Power down.

  • @asbisi
    @asbisi Před 6 měsíci +5

    If I could afford it, I would live in that building. I LOVE it!

  • @kathleenmckeithen118
    @kathleenmckeithen118 Před 5 měsíci +3

    "You know how to whistle don't you Steve..." was in the movie, "Key Largo", one of my favorites. The story goes that the Dakota is spooky and seems haunted. I wonder what the truth of it is. Thank you for showing us this very special look inside the Dakota at Lauren, Betty, Bacall's apartment.😊

    • @kathleenmckeithen118
      @kathleenmckeithen118 Před 5 měsíci +2

      I rethought my movie suggestion and boy was I ever wrong....I guess at 75 years of age, myself, I'm getting my movies a bit mixed up.🙄😁

  • @buckeyefangirl1976
    @buckeyefangirl1976 Před 6 měsíci +3

    They don't make movies or movies STARS like her anymore😥☹️. She was beautiful and a classy lady and great actress. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @tarapayne4945
    @tarapayne4945 Před 6 měsíci +2

    The Dakota is a TARTARIAN Building! Absolutely Fabulous! ❤

  • @BlueSaphire70
    @BlueSaphire70 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I love this apartment! It's very comfortable and only on the 4th floor which is perfect.

  • @_Julie_Bee
    @_Julie_Bee Před 6 měsíci +62

    I cannot thank you enough, this was wonderful. I feel like this was the place I was meant to live. Every single room is perfect. The Tiffany Blue on the walls to the pink chaise longue in her bedroom ❤❤😮 it will serve as inspiration to further the decorating of my place. I'm glad I'm already in the same style. 😊

    • @bluebox2000
      @bluebox2000 Před 6 měsíci +10

      I just discovered this channel and I'm hooked. The narrator is informal, but in the right way.

    • @StrangeHistoryX
      @StrangeHistoryX  Před 6 měsíci +15

      Thank you. And I'm not an ai voice either, which seems to be a plus these days. :)

    • @_Julie_Bee
      @_Julie_Bee Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@StrangeHistoryX I was hooked on the first horse drawn carriage ride 😏😌

    • @HarborLinz
      @HarborLinz Před 6 měsíci +2

      @@bluebox2000 I'm the same, I'm hooked there's no going back. 😊

    • @trishsiprell6996
      @trishsiprell6996 Před 4 měsíci

      Gorgeous and timelessly gracious, like the lady herself.
      Thank you.

  • @bluestrife28
    @bluestrife28 Před 6 měsíci +20

    Awesome. I may not have known that about her but that looks to be an introverts paradise. Maybe that was her style. It fits. Regal. Quiet. Just like her ❤
    Edit: you have great energy, I love your positivity. New fan.

  • @nancylucas7897
    @nancylucas7897 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I read her autobiography when I was in high school (a junior in 1985) and have loved her ever since. How lucky to have met her and see her apartment! Thank you for this wonderful video!

  • @biancagerade4229
    @biancagerade4229 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Lauren Bacall lived a very comfortable life❤

  • @jilljensenliving
    @jilljensenliving Před 6 měsíci +42

    I so enjoyed this tour. What a timeless and elegant home. Every item was personal. The staircase in the Dakota took my breath away. Thank you for sharing.

  • @robertabray-enhus3198
    @robertabray-enhus3198 Před 6 měsíci +11

    Beautiful tour of Miss Bacall’s home. Each room is wonderful,and so well decorated.

  • @yvonnetyrrell7768
    @yvonnetyrrell7768 Před 6 měsíci +1

    She was such an elegant woman.

  • @kristinfredriksson1212
    @kristinfredriksson1212 Před 6 měsíci +8

    Thank you for sharing this! I am an ol' amateur film nerd! 5 decades and counting! To Have and Have Not was Bogart's intro to la Lauren! Also, as a fellow vegan (though I am more vegetarian than my husband), I appreciate your words at the end. Also, I am a looooong time rescue volunteer--2-5x weekly walking, transporting, 400 lb. food pick up semi-weekly at Costco. It seems you scratched all the itches!

  • @nmbr6kid
    @nmbr6kid Před 6 měsíci +5

    Such exquisite taste! Looks curated, not decorated. Every room looked very intimate and inviting.

  • @melindawakley7859
    @melindawakley7859 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I really admire Lauren Bacall. I read her autobiography. The fact that she almost married Sinatra, and endured a terrible embarrassing public dumping by him in the 50’s.. And she lived long enough to be able to realise he did her a favour, Becos she said I’ll quote, ‘Frank did me a favour Becos I know now that we would have had a terrible marriage’. And every biography I’ve read on Sinatra really demonstrates that after Ava Gardner, Sinatra rarely knew what he wanted. Or who. He was impulsive and petty in his relationships. Women got instantly rejected Becos say he took a dislike to a perfume they wore. That actually happened by the way. He was a very mixed up person. Lauren Bacall wasn’t.

    • @linniem5982
      @linniem5982 Před 21 dnem

      Sinatra got out of Dodge. He never intended to marry her. Bacall said she was engaged after being boxed in by a reporter. Frank was innocent and ignored it all.

  • @RebeccaTreeseed
    @RebeccaTreeseed Před 5 měsíci +1

    An awesome building and apartment. I would still pick my modest home on 5 acres of mountainside in New Mexico. Mainly because I love outside. But 360° views from inside is wonderful. Otherwise, I fill my home with original art and art quilts made by me. I cook from my garden and delight in serving food on china.
    Lauren Bacall was an icon and is missed.

  • @compassion4all384
    @compassion4all384 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I love how that at the end you encourage a plant bases diet and to have compassion for animals .
    Thats great . Because of that I will subscribe .

  • @50Street21
    @50Street21 Před 6 měsíci +24

    That was a brilliant commentary of the Dakota and Lauren Bacall's apartment. There is an informative book out there called "New York's Fabulous Luxury Apartments" by Andrew Alpern
    originally published in 1975 by McGraw-Hill as "Apartments for the Affluent." It itemizes a plethora of floor plans, architectural details and building facades. I'm passing this along because
    the book truly has your name on it. Cheers!
    Darryl

  • @psycheinc-theSLC
    @psycheinc-theSLC Před 6 měsíci +7

    I met and had lunch with Lauren (just Lauren and myself, with her assistant in tow) in a restaurant in The Kings Road, Chelsea, London UK in the 80s - she was one of the nicest , balanced and most powerful human beingsI have ever met. Psyche aka Psyche Thompson UK 🌹

  • @mariellegrass-singing4718

    Really lovely and so welcoming.

  • @dstuart2918
    @dstuart2918 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Thank you so much. So many famous people lived there and "Rosemary's Baby" was filmed there.

  • @curtandoscar
    @curtandoscar Před 6 měsíci +3

    This entire video is a joy from start to finish. The woman was an absolutely badass goddess. Thank you.

  • @suerussell497
    @suerussell497 Před 6 měsíci +16

    What a beautiful home. Her eye for art was unique. Thank you for the tour and history of the Dakota.

  • @1burnman
    @1burnman Před 4 měsíci +1

    Lauren Nicole was mail time favorite actress and a very cool person so thank you for posting this video

  • @deandeck
    @deandeck Před 6 měsíci +2

    In the mid 90s I lived a block down from the Dakota. I was 23 and didn't fully appreciate the history. I knew Lennon had lived (and died) there...never even knew about Bacall til now!

  • @sandramalone3522
    @sandramalone3522 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Thank you for a look into this fabulous apartment and another thank you for promoting animal awareness. I love animals and I see you do too

  • @prodigaldsd2003
    @prodigaldsd2003 Před 6 měsíci +20

    Gorgeous. Those tall ceilings, those immense doors, those fireplaces ... one could dream about. But the one thing that needles my brain: who the hell did all that dusting??? She must've paid a fortune for housekeeping.

    • @user-ku6tr4vd6z
      @user-ku6tr4vd6z Před 6 měsíci +6

      She paid 13k a month just in HOA fees. I should think employing a maid or three wasn't much of a problem.

  • @S.TJohnsun-to3vc
    @S.TJohnsun-to3vc Před měsícem +2

    Anything could be rich & wealthy. Any place😁😁💵🍿📲🥰

  • @jeffely3302
    @jeffely3302 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Enjoyed seeing her apartment and knowing one of the paintings from her bedroom, now hangs in our bedroom.

  • @mondoenterprises6710
    @mondoenterprises6710 Před 6 měsíci +44

    My mother was a ceramist and decorated her home in a similar way. Art and sculpture and paintings everywhere. The eye has no place to rest and the pieces are hard to contemplate bc they are surrounded by other pieces demanding attention. I found it exhausting just being in my mother's house bc of it. It also symbolized to me that it was her way of telling certain people that There was no room at the Inn as it was also located in a stunning scenic whistlestop along the Hudson.

    • @elizabethturel78
      @elizabethturel78 Před 6 měsíci +14

      Many people find ‘busy’ interiors too much. Then there are others, like myself, that find them cozy and comforting. The cleaning is very taxing though, Ha.

  • @janiceavila7119
    @janiceavila7119 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Lauren Bacall was one of my very favorite actresses. Thank you for showing us her apartment and the Dakota! It looks like a very lonely place but it is beautiful.

  • @sfviris5582
    @sfviris5582 Před 6 měsíci +2

    I love her place-I love the large rooms and the long hallways. I thought the wooden floors were very well polished and beautiful. A lovely place to spend her life. ❤ RIP Miss. Bacall. Your energy is missed, still.

  • @agentofficerthomasa.porter107
    @agentofficerthomasa.porter107 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Movies🎥🎬🎞Broadway💃& Television🎬📺Lauren Bacall was a Gifted🎁Actress & For Generations To Come, To Be Enjoyed In Her Craft & Remembered!

  • @bluzzedude8111
    @bluzzedude8111 Před 6 měsíci +19

    She out-lived Bogie by 60 yrs! Great video. I love the Dakota. The building is pure history. These a picture taken from Central Park in 1894 and the Dakota is the only building in the entire area. There's also another picture of the Dakota taken from the boathouse. It was a picture of three Beatles, John, Paul and Ringo and right behind them? The Dakota. I always thought that was a little strange!

    • @Chutney1luv
      @Chutney1luv Před 6 měsíci +4

      Yes, it does happen when you marry a man twice your age! She was well taken xare of!

    • @danielebrparish4271
      @danielebrparish4271 Před 6 měsíci +5

      He was only 57 when cigarettes consumed him. I think she's fortunate to not have met the same fate. FDR, Gary Cooper and many other celebrities met that horrible fate.

    • @MTMF.london
      @MTMF.london Před 4 měsíci

      @@danielebrparish4271 Everybody used to smoke. The tobacco companies promoted cigarettes, and smoking in general, as something cool and sophisticated and hid the facts and lied about the dangers of smoking. They are still at it with vaping now - trying to entice and hook teenagers with candy and fruit flavoured vapes. They are utter amoral monsters.