Sean, Yoko and Julian at the ground breaking
ceremony |
Strawberry Fields Quick Facts
- On March 26, 1981, the city council adopted
legislation introduced by then-council
member
Henry J. Stern on December
18, 1980, which
designated this area as Strawberry
Fields.
- Ground breaking ceremony was in March 21,
1984. Yoko Ono contributed
$500,000 to redesign
and renovate Strawberry Fields,
and an equivalent
amount for an ongoing maintenance
endowment.
- The "Imagine" mosaic was donated
by city of Naples.
- The eastern area is called "Garden of
Peace" and designed by
landscape architect
Bruce Kelly. 150 nations contributed
plants
to the Garden.
- Strawberry Fields opened on October 9, 1985,
John's 45th birthday.
Dakota Apartments Quick Facts
- The architect Henry Hardenbergh, who also
designed the Plaza Hotel and
the Western
Union Building, designed Dakota.
It was built
in 1881-1884.
- Tenants of the building include celebrities
like Leonard Bernstein, Judy
Garland, Rex
Reed (columnist), Paul Simon,
Roberta Flack
and Lauren Bacall.
- John and Yoko moved into the Dakota in April
1973. They occupied a series
of apartments
on the sixth floor; Yoko purchased
offices
on the first floor for their
company, Lenono.
- The Building was featured in the movie "Rosemary's
baby".
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Plate has names of countries donated plants |
