This has to be one of the strangest items I have seen in quite some time. It is a model of the Dakota Building, with the date that made it notorious inscribed on the bottom. That date be of course, the assassination of John Lennon. It is one of a series entitled "Buildings of Disaster" with others in the collection including the Texas Book Depository, Watergate and Chernobyl. The art project itself aimed to look at how disasters change our perceptions of famous landmarks or unremarkable architecture, which is an interesting idea but perhaps buying one for your home is a little morbid. I'm not sure if the demand for them would be high, I don't think I would be buying one anytime soon.
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Its interesting to think if something terrible hadn't happened in a relatively uninteresting building it might not be there anymore.
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