New York City: John Lennon - Gadling

"The Dakota is where I was told Woodie Guthrie's widow also lived in a small apartment. A folk-singer friend, daughter of a judge and life-long elementary school teacher, had been visiting with her to get Woodie's papers published. She said, sadly, that Mrs. Guthrie heard the shots from her small apartment that night that killed John Lennon. The Dakota I read is/was also frequented by former President Clinton when he was in town, a friend of the building association, he was an admirer of John Lennon. One magazine piece about Lennon, I recall while working in A&S nights furniture warehouse delivery in DUMBO, was how he was enjoying being a house Dad, and used to wake up and write down or record ideas he had for artworks."