Daytonian in Manhattan

The stories behind the buildings, statues and other points of interest that make Manhattan fascinating.

Showing posts with label Cross & Cross. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Cross & Cross. Show all posts

Thursday, August 20, 2026

The 1926 Barclay Hotel - 111 East 48th Street

photograph by Ajay Suresh The renovation of Grand Central Depot to Grand Central Terminal sparked a burst of development in the neighborh...

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

The 1912 Passavant Building - 440 Park Avenue South

Once lined with aristocratic mansions, by the first years of the 20th century, Park Avenue was bustling with commerce and traffic. In 191...

Saturday, August 31, 2024

The Ernest G. Stillman Mansion - 45 East 75th Street

photo by Ajay Suresh Dr. Ernest Goodrich Stillman was born in Newport, Rhode Island on July 14, 1894, the son of multi-millionaire banker ...

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Rosario Candela's 1929 720 Park Avenue

In the decade following World War I, the Presbyterian Hospital, greatly funded in 1868 by James Lenox, moved to Morningside Heights. In 1...

Monday, September 4, 2023

Cross & Cross's Lost 1912 405 Park Avenue

Architectural Record, 1921 (copyright expired) By the first decade of the 20th century, the stigma of living in apartment buildings had fa...

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Tom Miller: Born in Dayton, Ohio, I relocated to New York city in 1978. An author, blogger, lecturer and historian, I have written the histories of more than 5,000 locations in Manhattan (as of March 2025). I am the author of "Seeking New York" and "Seeking Chicago," and contributed to several other books, and consulted for pieces in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, and similar publications..

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