Daytonian in Manhattan

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

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Saturday, April 11, 2015

Starkweather & Gibbs' No. 750 Broadway

Orlando Bronson Potter started out as an attorney in Boston. But after he arrived in New York in 1853 he would take on many roles. ...

Monday, May 30, 2011

The 1886 Potter Building -- Park Row and Beekman Street

photo by paperboy1005--notfortourists.com At around 10:00 on the night of January 31, 1882, the editor of the New York Observer , Samuel...

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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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