Daytonian in Manhattan

  In 1875, as the city expanded further northward in the post-Civil War years, builder and real estate developer Linus Scudder erected a row...

In the 18th century the area near the East River around what would become 58th Street was lonely.  Travelers using the Eastern Post Roa...

Abijah Pell, Jr. was born in New York City on November 8, 1811.   His was an important family, tracing its roots in America to the 17th ...

The striking English facade was added in 1905.  photo by Wurts Bros. from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York Followin...

When this photograph was taken, around 1920, the carriage house has been converted to a nightclub.  Edward Kemeys' wonderful dog sculp...