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 |
