tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post7917849823476822401..comments2024-03-28T18:01:17.304-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: A Home for Respectable, Aged and Indigent Females -- 103rd Street and Amsterdam AvenueTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-41180115218933207192021-04-11T20:55:40.892-07:002021-04-11T20:55:40.892-07:00I lived in an apartment on 104th Street in 1978 (b...I lived in an apartment on 104th Street in 1978 (between Broadway and Amsterdam). The Home for Indigent Females had been abandoned and lay eerily empty on the other side of Amsterdam Avenue. The surrounding area was largely Hispanic and local men amused themselves in the evenings by throwing empty liquor bottles at the building to break the few remaining panes of glass in the window frames. It is one of those astonishing New York miracles that such a beautiful building was eventually renovated and now serves as a hostel for foreign visitors from around the globe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-79102392090404228812018-10-02T10:22:31.926-07:002018-10-02T10:22:31.926-07:00That was the original address prior to the renumbe...That was the original address prior to the renumber of Amsterdam Ave. Thanks. I re-titled the post to clear up any confusion.Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-40294808063535048102018-10-02T09:36:53.488-07:002018-10-02T09:36:53.488-07:00I think the address on this might be 880 Amsterdam...I think the address on this might be 880 Amsterdam Ave [ 183 is down in the 70s]Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147196265450206606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-87171558466906480142011-02-04T05:18:21.278-08:002011-02-04T05:18:21.278-08:00interesting history...and how urban area addressed...interesting history...and how urban area addressed the issue of those who otherwise had means but who had fallen on hard times..<br />maureenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com