Daytonian in Manhattan

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

The 1883 Hotel Gerlach -- Nos. 49-55 West 27th Street

photo by Alice Lum In the first years of the 1880's apartment living suffered the stain of tenement houses. To differenti...

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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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