Daytonian in Manhattan

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

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Monday, August 5, 2024

The Lost Hotel Rector - 1500 Broadway

The American Architect, January 18, 1911 (copyright expired) The elegant Rector's restaurant on Broadway between 43rd and 44th Street...

Thursday, November 15, 2012

The 1906 John Wanamaker Annex -- No. 770 Broadway

photo by Alice Lum Having started business in 1823 as an Irish immigrant with a small lace and linens shop, Alexander Turney Stewart was...

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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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