Daytonian in Manhattan

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

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Friday, July 18, 2025

Emery Roth's 1931 Southgate - 400 East 52nd Street

In 1920, a stalwart group of wealthy Manhattanites embarked on a risky and somewhat shocking real estate endeavor--transforming a block of...

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Schwartz & Gross's 1931 241 Central Park West

The Central Park West blockfront between 84th and 85th Street was lined with high-end Queen Anne style homes in 1930. Designed by Edward ...

Friday, July 22, 2022

Blum & Blum's 1925 791 Park Avenue

Brothers George and Edward Blum were 9 and 12 years old, respectively, when they arrived in New York from France in 1888. They would both...

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

The German Masonic Temple (Friends Seminary) - 220 East 15th Street

Political and social unrest in the German states prompted thousands of immigrants to settle in New York City beginning in the late 1840...

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Ralph Walker's 1927 New York Telephone Building - 140 West Street

from the collection of the Library of Congress On June 7, 1926 The Lima New York Recorder reported "Today a huge buff and gray ...

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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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