Daytonian in Manhattan

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

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Monday, September 27, 2021

The Lost City Prison "The Tombs" 101 Centre Street

from the collection of the Library of Congress In 1838 the gray granite Halls of Justice and House of Detention was completed. Designed b...

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

The 1903 Engine Co. No. 32 House (today Engine 6) - 49 Beekman Street

In the first years following the end of the Civil War the Second Precinct Police station house stood at No. 49 Beekman Street, between Wil...

Friday, August 11, 2017

Horgan & Slattery's 1893 No. 57 Laight Street

Unlike many of Tribeca's muscular Romanesque Revival loft buildings, No. 57 Laight St. is light and graceful. In 1828 R. Pattison l...

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Horgan & Slattery's Nos. 329 to 343 West 71st Street

A rather startling report, at least in real estate circles, appeared in The New York Times on April 5, 1895. Within a matter of weeks...

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

The 1904 First Battery Armory -- No. 56 West 66th St.

In 1881 command of the National Guard’s First Battery was given to Captain Louis Wendel. Since the unit’s organization from Civ...

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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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