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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

A Roof Garden and "Swimming Plunge" -- The 1912 Terra Cotta Emmet Building

photo from the collection of the New York Public Library At the age of 84 in 1912, Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet had accomplished a great deal –...

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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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