Daytonian in Manhattan

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

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The Busy Little "Traffic Building" -- No. 163 West 23rd Street

photo by Alice Lum During the 1920s cafeterias and automats reached their height of popularity among working class New Yorkers. Secretar...

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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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