Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Friday, August 24, 2012

Cass Gilbert's 1917 Rodin Studios -- 200 West 57th Street

The newly-finished building in 1917 -- Architecture & Building (copyright expired) As American art came into its own at the beginnin...

Thursday, August 23, 2012

The 1916 Chalif Normal School of Dancing -- No. 163 West 57th Street

photo by Alice Lum In 1904 the 29-year old Louis Harvy Chalif arrived in New York City ready to teach ballet. Born in Odessa, Russi...

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The 1893 Roebling Buildling -- Nos. 169-175 Hudson Street

photo by Alice Lum Until two years after the end of the Civil War St. John’s Park was the most elegant residential neighborhood in M...

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Hoppin & Koen's 1898 Engine Company No. 65 -- No. 33 West 43rd Street

On January 28, 1897 The New York Times issued a succinct announcement. “The Fire Commissioners voted yesterday in favor of establishi...

Monday, August 20, 2012

The Lost Arion Society --- Park Avenue and 59th Street

The building in 1889 -- The American Architect & Building News ( copyright expired) Ground was broken in March 1886 and an appro...

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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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