Daytonian in Manhattan

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

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

The Skinny 1854 Twins at Nos. 451 and 453 W 22nd

When Clement Clarke Moore first plotted his family estate, Chelsea, into building lots, he wrote restrictive covenants into the resi...

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

The 1850 Isaac Dayton House -- No. 459 West 24th Street

photo by Alice Lum The 1811 Commissioners Plan that laid out on paper the grid of streets and avenues above 14 th Street foreshadowed...

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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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