Daytonian in Manhattan

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

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Saturday, May 16, 2026

The 1925 Labor Temple - 223 Second Avenue

image via streeteasy.com When the Fourteenth Street Church was erected at the southwest corner of Second Avenue and 14th Street in 1851, it ...

Friday, April 24, 2026

Emery Roth's 1909 The Whitestone - 45 Tiemann Place

photograph by Anthony Bellov Following the death of former Mayor Daniel F. Tiemann in 1899, his widow, the former Martha Clowes, continued...

Saturday, December 6, 2025

Emery Roth's 1924 Hotel Whitby - 325 West 45th Street

image via caldwellbankerhomes.com Developers and contractors Bing & Bing often worked with architect Emery Roth. Separately and togethe...

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Emery Roth's 1929 110 West 86th Street

image via cocoran.com On March 18, 1928, The New York Times reported that builder David Zimmerman "purchased from Benjamin Benenson ...

Friday, July 18, 2025

Emery Roth's 1931 Southgate - 400 East 52nd Street

In 1920, a stalwart group of wealthy Manhattanites embarked on a risky and somewhat shocking real estate endeavor--transforming a block of...

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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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