Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

The William and Phebe Baldwin House - 53 West 74th Street

The firm of Colleran & Brother & Hughes acted as both architect and developer. In 1889 it broke ground for a row of four high-end...

Monday, June 22, 2026

The Lost Bowery Village M. E. Church - 24-28 E. 7th Street

from the collection of the New York Public Library Founded in 1794, the name of the Two-Mile-Stone Methodist Episcopal Church was derived ...

Saturday, June 20, 2026

The William Cune Holbrook House - 10 West 130th Street

image via city realty.com The forward thinking John Jacob Astor I accumulated land in Harlem in 1844 for $10,000 (about $445,000 in 2026)....

Friday, June 19, 2026

The Joseph H. Choate Jr. House - 158 East 71st Street

Born in Germany in 1823, Henry Elias earned his fortune in beer. The founder and president of the Henry Elias Brewing Company, in 1873 he...

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Murders, Suicides and Jazz - 90 West Houston Street

A flurry of construction along Houston Street between Laurens Street and Thompson Street around 1828 filled the block with two-and-a-half ...

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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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