PHOTOS
CALVIN AND HOBBES COURTESY UNIVERSAL UCL ICK ; PEANUTS COURTESY FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS , INC .
N.Y.’s
Iconic
Dakota
Theworld’s
best-known
apartment
building is
explored ina
richnew tome
ComicBook
Wisdom
Sometimes, thebestadvicecomes in the form
ofaminiaturespeechbubble
Insimplicitythere isoftenwisdom.Which iswhyaremarkableamount
ofsagecounselcanbegleaned fromthe four-paneladventuresofan
anthropomorphizedteddybear;a6-year-oldandhisacerbicstuffed
tiger;aneuroticteenafflictedwitharachnidsuperpowers;anda
stubborn, self-deprecating8-year-oldandhismischievousbeagle.As
ThePeanutsMovie
—basedonthe long-runningcomicstripbyCharles
M.Schulz—headstotheatersthismonth, let’stakeamomentto
appreciatesomeofthewisewordswe find inthe funnypapers.
—T.A.J.
POV
32
NOVEMBER2015
AMERICANWAY
AMONGTHEMANY
tragediesthat
accompaniedthe
assassinationof
JohnLennon,one
wasthatthe iconic
NewYorkapart-
mentbuildingThe
Dakotabecame
associatedwiththe
act.Too fewrealize
that, separatethat
tragedy, the
buildinghas itsown
rivetinghistory.
Architectural
historianAndrew
Alpernrevealsthe
fascinating images
andtalesthatmake
upthebuilding’s
mystique in
The
Dakota:AHistoryof
theWorld’s
Best-Known
ApartmentBuilding
($55,outNov.3).
Thebookexplores
everything fromthe
lifestyleof its
high-classtenants
to itsplace inNew
York’sriseto
world-classstatus.
—E.C.
CALVINANDHOBBES©1988Watterson.ReprintedwithpermissionofUNIVERSALUCLICK.All rights reserved.
