Daytonian in Manhattan

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

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Monday, December 29, 2025

The Lost Dewey Triumphal Arch - Fifth Avenue and 24th Street

from the program of The Dewey Reception in New York City, 1899 (copyright expired) Commodore George Dewey's fleet was anchored near Ho...

Monday, May 8, 2023

The Lost St. Germain Hotel - 175 Fifth Avenue

This stereoscope slide image depicted the hotel from the Broadway side. image via the Office for Metropolitan History. The crisp grid of...

Saturday, November 5, 2022

The 1922 303 Park Avenue South

In 1921 the newly formed 303 Fourth Avenue Corp. demolished the vintage buildings at 303 through 311 Fourth Avenue (renamed Park Avenue So...

Thursday, October 27, 2022

The Tiffany Studios Building - 333-335 Park Avenue South

Artist and designer Louis Comfort Tiffany established Louis C. Tiffany & Company in 1878. It expanded three years later with the foun...

Friday, September 23, 2022

Frank Ayres Wright's 1911 112 East 23rd Street

In 1856 Rev. Augustus Valette Clarkson and his family moved into the 24-foot wide residence at 66 East 23rd Street (renumbered 112 in 1868...

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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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