Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Saturday, December 13, 2025

The Nehemiah Cohn House - 250 East 33rd Street

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  photo by Anthony Bellov Around 1855, a long row of brick-faced homes was erected on the south side of East 33rd Street between Second and ...
Friday, December 12, 2025

The Edward T. and Viola B. Cockcroft House - 59 East 77th Street

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  When John McNerney commissioned architect Thomas S. Godwin to design eight rowhouses on the north side of East 77th Street between Madison...
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Thursday, December 11, 2025

The 1854 55 Warren Street (aka 55 Murray)

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  photograph by Anthony Bellov A French family resided in the vintage house at 55 Murray Street between West Broadway and Church Street in 1...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Arthur Paul Hess's 1930 200 East 16th Street

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  Arthur Paul Hess was a busy man during the late 1920s.  He was not only an architect, but a builder and developer, president of the Middle...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

The Luis Napoleon Henriques House - 17 West 87th Street

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  Patrick and John J. Farley erected a row of five brownstone-fronted houses on the north side of West 87th Street between Central Park West...
Monday, December 8, 2025

The Lost Grammar School 37 - 113-119 East 87th Street

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  The 1892 facade was modernized around 1927 .  photo by Board of Education, N.Y.C., from the collection of the New York Public Library On J...
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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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