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Thursday, August 24, 2017

The Dr. J. Marion Sims Statue - Central Park at 103rd Street

Born in Lancaster County, South Carolina on January 25, 1813, J. Marion Sims spent a year at the Charleston Medical School at the age o...

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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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