Daytonian in Manhattan

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Monday, May 13, 2024

The Lost Polhemus Grocery Store - 361 Bowery

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  In 1932, the steps to a second floor entrance on East 4th Street had been removed, leaving the door hoovering above the sidewalk.  photo ...
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Monday, September 26, 2022

The Lost Metropolitan Police Headquarters - 300 Mulberry Street

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  from the collection of the New York Public Library In 1854 the infamous Tammany Hall politician Fernando Wood was elected mayor.  He immed...
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Monday, August 29, 2022

The Lost Church of the Strangers - Mercer St. near Waverly Place

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  image by John m. August Will, 1898 from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York On October 8, 1835 a group of affluent men pe...
Monday, March 21, 2022

The Lost Dry Dock Savings Bank - 341-343 Bowery

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  original source unknown Starting early 1820's, the former Stuyvesant family land along the East River east of the Bowery became Manhat...
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Friday, May 14, 2021

From Shirtwaists to Genomics - 14-16 Waverly Place

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  photo by Beyond My Ken On February 11, 1892 Isabel Lathrop sold the old three-story house at 14 Waverly Place to Frank A. Seitz.   The pre...
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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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