Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Friday, August 28, 2026

Charles Mettam's 1870 506 La Guardia Place

image via loopnet.com As early as 1845, a two-story brick house occupied the plot at 185 Laurens Street. In the rear yard was a three-story...

Thursday, August 27, 2026

The Edward and Catherine Van Winkle House - 25 West 9th Street

The architraves around the windows would have originally looked much like those of 23 West 9th Street, at the right. photograph by Richard...

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

A Georgian Transformation - 213-215 West 13th Street

photograph by Anthony Bellov In 1851 George P. Rogers and William C. Rhinelander erected two three-story-and-basement homes on West 13th S...

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

The 1893 Henry A. Caesar House - 19 West 76th Street

Developer Cornelius W. Luyster broke ground for five high-end townhouses on West 76th Street just west of Central Park West in 1892. Comp...

Monday, August 24, 2026

The Lost Daly's Restaurant Building - 20 East 42nd Street

The Brickbuilder, October 10, 1916 (copyright expired) Born in Ireland in 1865, Bernard Daly arrived in New York City in 1883. Although h...

Saturday, August 22, 2026

The Unrecognizable Augustus Kountze Mansion - 238 Madison Avenue

photograph by Ted Leather Born in Ohio on November 19, 1826, Augustus Kountze worked in his father's grocery store as a young man. Wi...

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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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