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.
and our addition… Jerry Stiller: The actor wasn’t just George Costanza’s father on Seinfeld; he also raised Ben Stiller in an apartment at the Beresford at 118 Riverside Drive.
Thumbnail image via Landmark West.