Daytonian in Manhattan

Born in Germany in 1846, Henry Heide immigrated to America at the age of 20, just after the end of the Civil War.  After briefly runni...

In 1831 the city of New York was spreading slowly northward toward the former country estates of James Duane and Robert Murray.   Samu...

In 1858, 18-year old Francis H. Leggett found a job in his father's grocery business, R. L. Leggett & Co.  Six years later he w...

Seen here looking north from Debrosses Street, what appears to be one massive warehouse was a group of six loft structures. Sitting o...

In 1705 Queen Anne granted a massive tract of rural land on Manhattan's west side to Trinity Church.   Stretching approximately from...