Dakota Not Telling a Happy West Side Story
The Upper West Side’s historically important and legendary Dakota is timeless, full of history. But Curbed tells another sad west side story of dramatic price drop on Apartment #54 since it went on the market last December. It is a 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bathroom that started, just 2 months ago, $7.5 million. Just 6 weeks later at the end of January it was $6.25 million…now it’s down to $5.999 million.
That’s a 20% drop in just two months.
Part of the allure of #54 is the story of the West Side Story. It was in this apartment, where Ruth Ford (girlfriend of William Faulkner) was living, that Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents first bumped into each other and began telling the tale of the Jets and the Sharks, eventually leading to their work with another Dakota resident: Leonard Bernstein.
So why isn’t the place selling? Curbed ventures a guess at the $5,088 monthly maintenance but if any of you want your own West Side Story give me a call!
“…for a small fee in Amer-I-ca…”
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