Daytonian in Manhattan

In the 18th century the area near the East River around what would become 58th Street was lonely.  Travelers using the Eastern Post Roa...

In 1890, in one sweeping deal, millionaire William E. D. Stokes teamed with contractors Squire & Whipple to build 32 upscale homes--...

The opening announcement, on July 1, 1836, pictured the new building.  The side lot would soon be landscaped as a garden.  from the collec...

photograph by "Tony" from the Wikipedia Takes Manhattan Project East Fourth Street in 1832 saw the arrival of elegant red bri...

Designed and constructed simultaneously, No. 148 Duane Street (to the left) appears to be an extension of the corner building. On Septem...

In 1853 Rabbi Bernard Illowy and his wife, the former Katherine Gitel Schiff, immigrated with their two children, Henry and Nettie, from ...