<Tr> <Th> Designated NHL </Th> <Td> December 8, 1976 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Designated NYCL </Th> <Td> February 11, 1969 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Dakota, also known as Dakota Apartments, is a cooperative apartment building located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States . It was built in 1884 and is considered to be one of Manhattan's most prestigious and exclusive cooperative residential buildings . </P> <P> The Dakota is famous as the home of former Beatle John Lennon from 1973 to his murder in the archway of the building in 1980 . </P>

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