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The Dakota: New York’s Most Exclusive Building

The Victorian-era German Renaissance co-op apartment building at 72 street and Central Park West is best known as the home shared by John Lennon and Yoko Ono from 1972 to 1980, and the site of Lennon’s murder. Ono still lives there, as do many other celebrities, but as the following sides will show, being a celebrity is no guarantee of residency at the Dakota, and neither is simply having ample savings. The gabled and turreted Dakota is a square structure with a leading to a central courtyard

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Mansion on Billionaire's Row

Price: $74 million
Location: Palm Beach, Fla.
Bedrooms: 9
Bathrooms: 17
Square footage: 20,129

This Billionaire's Row waterfront estate was built in 2011. It features vaulted ceilings, a wood paneled office with parquet flooring, a marble grand dual staircase, multiple fireplaces, and numerous terraces overlooking the water.

Source: Trulia

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