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CELEBRATE FAMOUS UPPER WEST SIDE FATHERS

June 19, 2011 | 12:54 AM - Updated on April 22, 2024 | 8:46 AM
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In honor of Father’s Day today, Landmark West highlighted a few of the most famous Upper West Side dads in history.

Babe Ruth: The Babe lived at the Ansonia Hotel and adopted two daughters.

Duke Ellington: The great jazz musician (pictured with his son Mercer above) lived on West 106th Street and Riverside Drive and had a son, who was also a musician.

John Lennon: The famous Beatle had two sons and lived at the Dakota on 72nd Street.

Tony Randall: The actor raised two children at the Beresford on West 81st Street and Central Park West.

Leonard Bernstein: The Maestro lived in the Dakota and had two daughters.

Robert Moses: The master builder briefly lived on West 71st Street, and had two daughters.

Thumbnail image via Landmark West.

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