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Monday, August 16, 2021

The Lost 1870 St. Thomas' Church - Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street

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  from the collection of the New-York Historical Society In July 1824 the newly-organized St. Thomas' Church laid the cornerstone for it...
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Thursday, October 26, 2017

"The Equestrian Washington" - Union Square

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On June 22, 1855 the editor of The New York Times lamented the fact that "a small party of citizens of New-York have clubbed toge...
Monday, July 6, 2015

The Lost St. Chrysostom's Chapel -- 7th Avenue at 39th Street

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from King's Handbook of New York City, 1893 (copyright expired) In 1865 the Rev. Henry A. Neely, assistant minister of the ...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

The 1840 Robt Kelly House -- No. 9 West 16th Street

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photo by Alice Lum In 1834 Henry Brevoort completed his dignified brownstone mansion on the still-unpaved Fifth Avenue at the corner of ...
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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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