Daytonian in Manhattan

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Showing posts with label george w. debevoise. Show all posts

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Saturday, July 21, 2012

The 1893 Public School 135 -- No. 193 1st Avenue

photo by Alice Lum Early in 1891 George W. Debevoise resigned his position as the Board of Education’s Superintendent of Buildings—a tit...

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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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