Daytonian in Manhattan

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

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Showing posts with label park avenue. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Mills & Bottomley's 1920 1049 Park Avenue

photograph by Deansfa J. Lang Mills and W. L. Bottomley worked as Mills & Bottomley in 1919 when they received the commission to desig...

Monday, June 8, 2026

The Lost Henry Ammon James Mansion - 735 Park Avenue

from the collection of the New York Public Library British-born architect Frederick Junius Sterner arrived in New York City in 1906. He p...

Monday, June 1, 2026

The Lost John and Ethel Hoyt Mansion - 900 Park Avenue

photo by Wurts Bros. from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York Born on July 29, 1869 to Alfred Miller Hoyt and his wife, t...

Monday, May 11, 2026

The Lost Henry de Coppet Mansion - 754 Park Avenue

The Architectural Record. November 1911 (copyright expired) Robert W. Buckley and Robert McCafferty composed the builder-architect firm of...

Thursday, May 7, 2026

John Sloan's 1924 898 Park Avenue

photo by Jim Henderson In 1923, two years after Henry Mandel hired architect John Sloan to design his Pershing Square Building at Park Ave...

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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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