Daytonian in Manhattan

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

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Monday, May 4, 2015

The Lost Henry Houghton House -- No. 3 East 83rd Street

The house as it appeared in 1932 -- photograph by Charles Von Urban, from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York http://co...

Saturday, June 26, 2010

The Unfinished Cornice of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By 1895 the red brick Gothic-inspired Metropolitan Museum of Art building in Central Park had become inadequate for its collection. Designe...

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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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