Daytonian in Manhattan

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

The 1851 James O. Smith House - 9 West 8th Street

photograph by the author In 1832 the Board of Aldermen changed the name of the stretch of West 8th Street between Fourth and Sixth Avenues...

Thursday, February 17, 2022

The 1846 Benjamin F. Wheelwright House - 29 West 8th Street

In January 1832, "sundry persons" petitioned the Board of Aldermen to change the name of the Bowery above 6th Street to Clinton ...

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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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