Daytonian in Manhattan

  In 1843, construction of a row of Greek Revival-style homes along Jones Street near Bleecker Street was commenced.  Although essentially i...

  In 1794, Dr. Gardiner Jones laid out a short lane in Greenwich Village and gave t he block-long road his own name--Jones Street.    Half a...

  photograph by Beyond My Ken At the turn of the last century, a branch of the Anguilar Free Public Library sat on the northeast corner of A...

  During British rule, Roman Catholic worship was illegal in New York City.  And although anti-Catholic sentiments were still strong after t...

  photograph by Epigenius As the exclusivity of Fifth Avenue spilled down the side streets in the second half of the 19th century, that was ...