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LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
W 62nd St to W 66th St between Broadway, Amsterdam and Columbus aves. Subway #1 to 66th St-Lincoln
Center. 212 875 5000,
www.lc.lincolncenter.org
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This marble assembly of early 1960s buildings, which received a substantial facelift for its
50th birthday, hosts New York's most prestigious performing arts groups.
At the centre of the complex, the world-class
Metropolitan Opera House
is an impressive
marble and glass building, with murals by Marc Chagall. Flanking the Met are
Avery Fish-
er Hall
, home to the New York Philharmonic, and Philip Johnson's elegant
David H Koch
Theater
, home to the New York City Ballet. The fountain in the middle serves as a meeting
place; other spaces include an arts library, multiple theatres, and parks and plazas for sum-
mer events. Informative tours (60-90min, 2-7 tours daily, 10.30am-4.30pm; $18; 212 875
5350) leave from the attractive Atrium, on Broadway between 62nd and 63rd streets.
LINCOLN CENTER
THE DAKOTA BUILDING
1 W 72nd St at Central Park West. Subway B, C to 72nd St.
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An early co-op finished in 1884, this grandiose German Renaissance-style mansion, with
turrets, gables and ornate railings, was built to persuade wealthy New Yorkers that life in an
apartment could be just as luxurious as in a private house. Plenty of celebrities have called it
home, but the best-known residents were John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono (who still
