Daytonian in Manhattan

image via zillow.com In 1844, when Harlem was still dotted with farms and country estates, John Jacob Astor I acquired a portion of two farm...

  Midway between two elegant residential enclaves--Washington Square and Union Square--the block of East 11th Street between University Plac...

photograph by Carole Telle r   In 1837, just 26 years after the Commissioners' Plan laid out on paper the streets that would dissect lan...

  photograph by acronson Born on February 7, 1856, Dr. Charles Remsen was the grandson of Benjamin Remsen, who served as secretary to Thomas...

  Having trained in the architectural firm of Duggin & Crossman, Charles Buek established Charles Buek & Co. in 1880.  The developme...

from the collection of the New York Public Library On August 2, 1860, the New-York Daily Tribune reported, "A protest was received fr...